PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. (7News) — Prince George’s County police reported seven homicides from Oct. 28 through Nov. 3, including two fatal shootings on Tuesday.
In the latest case, officers found a man fatally shot inside an apartment building in the Landover area, police said. Officers responded around 12:25 p.m. to the 1900 block of Belle Haven Drive, where they found the man with at least one gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police did not yet identify him and said detectives were working to identify a suspect and determine a motive.
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It was the second fatal shooting reported on Belle Haven Drive in six days. On Oct. 29, officers responding about 5:15 a.m. found Derrick Bowen, 55, fatally shot in the roadway in the 1700 block. Police have not said whether the two Belle Haven Drive shootings are connected.
Earlier Tuesday, officers responding about 1:50 a.m. to the 8100 block of 15th Avenue in Langley Park found two teenage girls with apparent gunshot wounds. One died at the scene, and the other was hospitalized in critical condition, police said. Detectives said they did not believe that shooting was random.
Prince George’s County police reported seven homicides from Oct. 28 through Nov. 3, including two fatal shootings on Tuesday.
Six of the seven people killed in the cases reported during the seven-day period were shot. Three homicides were reported on Oct. 29 alone. Along with Bowen’s killing, police investigated the fatal stabbing of Jose Edin Hernandez Vasquez, 26, in a College Park home and the fatal shooting of Omar Jonathan Ventura Ajbal, 18, at Langley-Hampshire Neighborhood Park in the unincorporated Hyattsville area. Police said the three Oct. 29 cases appeared unrelated.
Police announced murder charges in two other cases. Anthony Javier Rubio, 19, was charged with second-degree murder in the Oct. 31 shooting of Domingo Saavedra-Escalona, 50, in Capitol Heights. De’Andre Reid, 23, Wonnae Bridgeforth, 26, and Wonnese Bridgeforth, 24, were each charged with first-degree murder and related offenses in the Nov. 1 shooting of Diontay Jackson, 20, in the Landover area. Police said Jackson and the three suspects knew each other and that the shooting stemmed from a dispute.
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Before the three Oct. 29 cases, police said murders were down 33% from the same point in 2025 and 55% from the same point in 2024. Those figures predate the cases in this report.
Anyone with information about these cases is asked to call homicide detectives at 301-516-2512.
This post was originally published on Fox 45 by Sinclair Media Group.
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