during a burial that his company was organizing at a Maryland cemetery.
The Prince George's County Police Department's Homicide Unit charged 48-year-old Wilson Chavis with first and second-degree murder, attempted first and second-degree murder, and related charges. Prince George's County Police Department After the deadly incident at the cemetery, Prince George's County Major Crimes Division Commander David Blazer said the shooting was not related to the funeral.
The police investigation revealed that the suspect, who owns the company that was providing funeral and burial services for Davis, confronted two people just as the service was about to get underway, one of whom was a pallbearer at Davis's funeral, officials said. The people he confronted were affiliated with a separate funeral service company with which the suspect has a"long-standing" business dispute.