A 3-year-old boy is dead and his mother was injured after a Thursday night shooting outside an apartment complex in the Langley Park neighborhood of Maryland.
A 3-year-old boy is dead and his mother was injured after a Thursday night shooting outside an apartment complex in the Langley Park neighborhood of Maryland.
Authorities said it happened in the 1400 block of Kanawha Street around 5:30 p.m.
A detective working in the area responded to the scene after hearing gunshots, officials said. That’s when they found the child and young mother.
The mother was taken to a D.C. hospital. The 3-year-old was taken to Children’s National Hospital, where he later died.
At a news conference, Prince George’s County Deputy Chief Barry Stanton called the shooting a “senseless act of violence that no community should accept, ever.”
“This is trauma not only to the family but in the community,” he said, vowing to “do all we can to get the perpetrators of this senseless act of violence.”
The mother of the child is in stable condition, according to Assistant Police Chief Vernon Hale III, who urged anyone with information about the suspects to come forward.
He said the child did not deserve to die “because someone wants to come out here and play with guns.”
“I can only pray that they weren’t trying to kill a child,” Hale said.
Below is a map of the area where it happened:
WTOP’s Scott Gelman reported from the scene and added that police said it “was too early to say” if this case is related to another incident that was happening in the area.
“This isn’t about snitching, this is about justice for the victims,” said Hale.
Police are actively investigating this case and are asking for anyone with information to contact them. A $25,000 reward through Crime Solvers will be given to anyone who provides information that leads to an arrest.
“We need you. We need the media. We need the community. We need friends of these individuals. We need anybody that was here and saw this to help us,” Hale said.
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