There is a new push for information in the death of a United States Naval Academy midshipman’s mother.Michelle Jordan Cummings, 57, died after someone shot her while she sat outside her hotel.Annapolis Police Chief Ed Jackson provided some updates on the investigation, but the big announcement is the combined $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the case. “We will use every tool that we have every technique that we know and all of the time that we need to help solve this crime,” said Rachel Byrd, FBI Baltimore acting Special Agent in Charge.The FBI and the ATF have joined into the investigation to find whoever is responsible for the killing of Cummings.That means more resources and incentive: $10,000 from the FBI and $10,000 from the ATF for tips, leading to the killer.Watch Wednesday’s full update from police below”Someone out there — maybe they are listening right now — knows something. They may have heard something. They may have been there and seen something. Help this family get answers, help give them peace,” Byrd said.Cummings, her husband, and another couple were sitting on a patio at The Graduate hotel early Tuesday morning when police said Cummings was hit by stray bullets as shots were fired at people sitting in a car on nearby Pleasant Street.Cummings and her husband were in town from Houston, getting their son settled in for his first year at the Naval Academy where he plans to play football.”What my focus is on now is to bring closure to the Cummings family,” Jackson said.Jackson said investigators have leads in the case. They’ve recovered video and they’re interviewing potential witnesses.He shared what he said to Cummings’ son as he made the decision to go ahead with his Induction Day.”‘She was a big part of you being here today. She raised you, she nurtured you, she loved you and the best way to honor her legacy is to go forward with your education at the Naval Academy,'” Jackson said.WBAL-TV 11 News asked Jackson if investigators know who they’re looking for. He said he would not answer that question today.Jackson said they have interviewed the two people who were sitting in the car on Pleasant Street.Here’s the numbers to call with information 1-800-CALL-FBI and 410-260-3439.
There is a new push for information in the death of a United States Naval Academy midshipman’s mother.
Michelle Jordan Cummings, 57, died after someone shot her while she sat outside her hotel.
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Annapolis Police Chief Ed Jackson provided some updates on the investigation, but the big announcement is the combined $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the case.
“We will use every tool that we have every technique that we know and all of the time that we need to help solve this crime,” said Rachel Byrd, FBI Baltimore acting Special Agent in Charge.
The FBI and the ATF have joined into the investigation to find whoever is responsible for the killing of Cummings.
That means more resources and incentive: $10,000 from the FBI and $10,000 from the ATF for tips, leading to the killer.
Watch Wednesday’s full update from police below
“Someone out there — maybe they are listening right now — knows something. They may have heard something. They may have been there and seen something. Help this family get answers, help give them peace,” Byrd said.
Cummings, her husband, and another couple were sitting on a patio at The Graduate hotel early Tuesday morning when police said Cummings was hit by stray bullets as shots were fired at people sitting in a car on nearby Pleasant Street.
Cummings and her husband were in town from Houston, getting their son settled in for his first year at the Naval Academy where he plans to play football.
“What my focus is on now is to bring closure to the Cummings family,” Jackson said.
Jackson said investigators have leads in the case. They’ve recovered video and they’re interviewing potential witnesses.
He shared what he said to Cummings’ son as he made the decision to go ahead with his Induction Day.
“‘She was a big part of you being here today. She raised you, she nurtured you, she loved you and the best way to honor her legacy is to go forward with your education at the Naval Academy,'” Jackson said.
WBAL-TV 11 News asked Jackson if investigators know who they’re looking for. He said he would not answer that question today.
Jackson said they have interviewed the two people who were sitting in the car on Pleasant Street.
Here’s the numbers to call with information 1-800-CALL-FBI and 410-260-3439.