An 18-year-old man in Baltimore was shot and killed while deciding not to make a purchase on Facebook Marketplace, according to multiple sources.
Marques Harris, also 18, has been charged with first-degree murder and multiple counts of trespassing after detectives say he fatally shot high school student Carlos Carrazana Ricardo on Nov. 26, the Baltimore Police Department said.
Carrazana Ricardo was found lying on the road with a gunshot wound to the head just before 8pm on November 26. Harris was arrested less than a week later, on December 2.
According to his obituary, Carrazana Ricardo “loved soccer and cars,” and is survived by his brother, parents, half-brother, aunts and uncles, cousins and several close friends.
Marques Harris.
Baltimore Police Department
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According to CBS News, Carrazana Ricardo was a student at JP McCaskey High School who came to Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 2022 from Cuba. The media reported, citing charging documents, that the teenager traveled 80 miles with a friend to sell the car on Facebook Marketplace.
As he decided to give it up and drove away, he was allegedly shot in the head. He later died at the Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland.
Local newspaper WPMT reports — citing charging documents — that a friend of Carrazana Ricardo took control of his car after Carrazana Ricardo was shot by one of the multiple bullets fired, and ended up crashing the vehicle while trying to get help.
The outlet also noted that, according to police, the phone number the victim communicated with for the Marketplace meeting was eventually traced to Harris. Carrazana’s friend Ricardo then identified Harris and the suspect was arrested at his home, where police found the gun, according to CBS.
Harris told police that he was selling the vehicle on Facebook Marketplace, according to CBS, and that he heard gunshots after the sale went off and got into his brother’s car.
He is reportedly scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 3 for a preliminary hearing.
The Baltimore Police Department did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for additional information on Saturday.
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“The loss is felt widely in our school community,” Dr. Justin Reese, principal of Carrazana Ricardo School, wrote in the letter, according to CBS. “Please keep Carlos’ family, friends and our students and staff in your thoughts as we process this loss.”
Angie Barnett of the Better Business Bureau of Greater Maryland told local station WBAL-TV that customers should “bring someone with them” to shop on Facebook Marketplace.
Councilman John Bullock added to CBS that he “goes out to anyone who loses a family member, and I’ve lost family members.”
“It’s hard to deal with, especially when they were really just trying to make a transaction. They weren’t involved in anything nefarious,” Bullock said, before adding: “The loss of one person is still too many, so a lot of people and the neighbors may not feel that decline. We just still have a lot more work to do in town.”
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