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Mother, her 2-year-old son dead after shooting in Prince George’s County | |
(about 1 hour later) | |
A mother and her 2-year-old son are dead after a shooting in the Fort Washington area, Prince George’s police said Tuesday. | |
Few details were immediately available, and the victims’ names were not released. No one is in custody at this time. | |
“This is a profoundly sad day,” said Hank Stawinski, interim chief of Prince George’s County police. | |
Authorities said the incident happened about 7 a.m. in the 1300 block of Palmer Road. | |
Police said they were called to the area after neighbors reportedly heard gunshots and at least one person called authorities. | |
When officers arrived on the scene, they found a woman suffering from an apparent gunshot wound in a parking lot of a townhouse community. She was pronounced dead, officials said. | |
Officers also found a toddler who was suffering from a gunshot wound inside a car. The toddler was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead, police said. | |
“I am enraged that there is another baby loss here in our community,” said Angela D. Alsobrooks, the top prosecutor in Prince George’s County. “This is the worst day that any one of us can imagine.” | |
Stawinski said police are pursuing “very viable investigative leads” in their search for a suspect or suspects. | |
Anyone with information is asked to call 1-866-411-8477. |