Police ID man fatally shot in District Heights parking lot

A man is dead after a shooting in a District Heights, Maryland, late Tuesday night.

Prince George’s County police responded to the shooting around 10:30 p.m. in the 3200 block of Walters Lane, near the intersection with Pennsylvania Avenue, and found 43-year-old Arthur Weeks Jr. in a parking lot with a gunshot wound.



Weeks was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Investigators are still working to identify the suspect or suspects in the shooting and a motive.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Crime Solvers tip line at 1-866-411-TIPS. A $25,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest and indictment in the case.

Below is a map of the area:

Juan Herrera

Juan Herrera is an associate producer for WTOP News. He joined the radio news team in 2021 after previously working for WMAL News as a news assistant. He is a graduate of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland.

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