Dateline: Washington, D.C.

PG Police are actively investigating a shooting that occurred at Potomac High School in Oxon Hill on Saturday, June 15th around 11:14 a.m. during a youth football game.

Responding officers located an adult male in the bleachers suffering from gunshot wounds. The victim was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. A second victim, a five-year-old child, was also located suffering from a gunshot wound. Officers say the child was driven to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Read the rest of this entry »

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One man is dead and two others were injured after a shooting outside of a convenience store in District Heights, Maryland, on Monday afternoon.

Anthony Ward III, 19, of Upper Marlboro, was pronounced dead on the scene. A man in his 60’s and a woman in her 50’s were also hurt with injuries not considered to be life-threatening.

According to PG County police, the shooting took place in a parking lot near the 24/7 Fresh Market convenience store in the 5400 block of Marlboro Pike

Police haven’t said what may have led up to the shooting, or whether those involved knew each other. They are requesting that anyone with information about the incident to contact police at 866-411-8477

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The body of a Maryland parole agent who was allegedly killed while conducting a routine visit last month was found wrapped in plastic and left underneath a bed according to the charging documents filed against Emanuel Edward Sewell, 54, who is being charged with first-degree murder in the killing of 33-year-old Davis Martinez.

Martinez was a parole agent who was tasked with visiting Sewell’s Chevy Chase apartment to verify that he lived at his listed address. Just before 6 p.m. on May 31, Martinez’s co-workers grew concerned after he never returned to work from a visit to Sewell’s apartment in the 2800 block of Terrace Drive. Read the rest of this entry »

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Friday, October 6, 2023: Two gang members of the Wellington Park Crew were sentenced today in connection with the murder of 10 year old Makiyah Wilson who was an innocent bystander gunned down on July 16, 2018 in the courtyard of a Washington, D.C. apartment complex that also left multiple others wounded.

The sentences were announced by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Acting Chief Pamela Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). After being found guilty on June 13 of first-degree murder while armed, conspiracy to commit a crime of violence, participation in a criminal street gang, multiple counts of assault with intent to kill while armed, and related firearms offenses, D.C. Superior Court Judge Robert Okun sentenced…

• Isaiah Murchison, 23, to 60 years in prison
• Marquell Cobbs, 21, to 72 months in prison plus three years of supervised release

Judge Okun will sentence the four other defendants related to the murder of Makiyah Wilson on October 20.

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Police say they are investigating a deadly shooting that took place in the early morning hours of Sunday, October 1st 2023. Just after 3:45 a.m., police were called to the 4000 block of 13th Street SE, for the report of a shooting. The victim, a woman, was shot and killed. This shooting happened amid a spate of overnight shootings. Metropolitan police advised that there were at least four other shootings overnight reported within hours of each other.

• 900 block of Shepherd Street NW
• 1400 block of M Street NW
• 100 block of Wayne Place SE
• 2500 block of Georgia Avenue NW

It’s not yet known how many fatalities there were if any, but the shootings contribute to growing concerns about gun violence and homicide rates within the District of Columbia and the seeming inability of authorities to curb the violence. The city has seen more than 214 homicides according to the latest data from the Metropolitan Police Department.

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