On Route 1 North, a few feet before the entrance to The Cardinal Gibbons School, red Solo cups stuffed into the openings of a metal gate spell out the words “R.I.P. Justin Fisher, # 42.”

Forty-two was the number former student Justin Fisher ? the 18-year-old Salisbury University freshman gunned down by Anne Arundel County police early Sunday morning ? wore as captain of the Cardinal Gibbons football team.