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| Mother, her 2-year-old daughter dead after shooting in Prince George’s County | |
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| A mother and her 2-year-old daughter 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 had not been released by police or family members. No one is yet in custody. | |
| “This is a profoundly sad day,” said Hank Stawinski, interim chief of Prince George’s County police. “This frankly shocks the conscience.” | “This is a profoundly sad day,” said Hank Stawinski, interim chief of Prince George’s County police. “This frankly shocks the conscience.” |
| Authorities said the shooting happened about 7 a.m. in the 1300 block of Palmer Road. | Authorities said the shooting 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. | Police said they were called to the area after neighbors reportedly heard gunshots and at least one person called authorities. |
| When officers arrived, 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. | 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 another baby lost a life 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.” | “I am enraged that another baby lost a life 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. | Stawinski said police are pursuing “very viable investigative leads” in their search for a suspect or suspects. |
| “The notion that someone would be bold enough to take the life of a child and take the life of a young woman and think there would not be consequences is simply unacceptable in Prince George’s County,” Stawinski said. | “The notion that someone would be bold enough to take the life of a child and take the life of a young woman and think there would not be consequences is simply unacceptable in Prince George’s County,” Stawinski said. |
| Teary-eyed family members stood across the street in the morning cold with their heads bowed and hands shoved in their pockets as investigators searched for evidence. Most of them declined to speak with the media. | |
| One man, who identified himself as an extended relative but didn’t want to be identified for privacy reasons while the investigation was ongoing, said he was crushed. He said he got a phone call early this morning and rushed to the scene. | |
| He described the victim as a “beautiful mom” with a “wonderful daughter.” | |
| “I definitely will miss them,” he said. | |
| A police dog sniffed through the grass Tuesday morning and around the parking lot. Yellow crime scene tape blocked off a large swath of the Pinewood Condominiums, a series of two-story brick townhouses. | |
| Sherie Matthis, a neighbor who has lived in the area for 30 years, described the family that lived inside the home as “good people.” Matthis said she often saw the woman in the parking lot playing with her daughter. | |
| Matthis said she was shocked to learn of the shooting, especially involving a young child. | |
| “They both had a future,” Matthis said. “This is awful. This is trifling. This is dirty.” | |
| A man who lives in the area said he woke up to the sound of three or four gunshots. | |
| “It doesn’t make you feel good,” said man, who asked not to be named for fear of retribution. “Nothing like that has ever happened around here.” | |
| The man, also a longtime resident, said the woman and her daughter were new to the neighborhood and he would see them occasionally playing outside. | |
| An earlier version of this story incorrectly said a boy had died. The child is a girl. | |
| Researcher Jennifer Jenkins contributed to this report. |