Maryland State Police have released a photo of the weapon used in the killing of a University of Maryland, Eastern Shore (UMES) student around 9:00 p.m., Feb.16, during the busy homecoming weekend.

Edmond St. Clair, 21, his brother and another young man were in a Honda car driving through the campus on College Backbone Road when they were stopped by a group of three or four people.

The group stepped onto the road and blocked their car. St. Clair got out of the car and confronted them. There was an argument, which escalated into a fight during which St. Clair was stabbed to death.

St. Clair's brother, Isaiah, said that he and his friend Tre Hardy had come down for a visit and all three of them had decided to get Chinese food when they came across the group.

St. Clair was fatally stabbed with a Remington Sportsman's Series folding knife with a 3 1/2-inch serrated silver blade, handle covered in reddish-orange with a black camouflage print. The knife was manufactured and sold in 2010.

The weapon was spotted on the ground close to where St. Clair died and is reportedly linked to the crime following an examination by the MSP Forensic Sciences Division Crime Laboratory.

"State Police investigators believe the unique orange and black camouflage handle might be enough to prompt the memory of someone who may have seen the knife before. Anyone with information about the knife is urged to contact police immediately."

The potential suspects are described as three tall African American men, sporting dark clothing - two of them had light complexions and one might have been wearing a ski mask at the time.

The investigators are contacting people/potential witnesses who were present in the area at the time. They claim that due to the home coming weekend, there were hundreds of people on the UMES campus.

Meanwhile, they are trying to find a light-colored vehicle- a Ford Taurus or Mercury Sable that was there at the crime - to interview the driver and any passengers; and a gold vehicle that was seen turning around and moving toward the crime scene soon after the incident occurred.

Police are offering a reward of $10,000 for information that could lead to the arrest of the culprit - $2,000 from CrimeSolvers of the Lower Eastern Shore and up to $8,000 from UMES.