18-year-old dies in Fort Washington shooting

A teenager is dead after a shooting in Fort Washington, Maryland, Sunday night.

The Prince George’s County police said they were called to Buchanan Drive, near the Fort Washington Forest Elementary School, at around 10:30 p.m. after someone reported a shooting. When they got there, they found an 18-year-old woman suffering from a gunshot wound. She died on the scene.

Officers are still working to find out exactly what happened.

Rick Massimo

Rick Massimo came to WTOP, and to Washington, in 2013 after having lived in Providence, R.I., since he was a child. He's the author of "A Walking Tour of the Georgetown Set" and "I Got a Song: A History of the Newport Folk Festival."

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