1 dead, 2 injured in Prince George’s Co. shooting

Seat Pleasant, Maryland, police said a man has died and two have been hospitalized after a Wednesday night shooting in Prince George’s County.

Officers said it happened at around 8:45 p.m. outside an apartment building in Prince George’s County in the 6000 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Highway.

When officers arrived, the department said, they found a man who was shot in the upper body. He was taken to a local hospital, where he later died.

Two other men wounded in the same shooting walked into a hospital with injuries but are expected to survive the shooting. A suspect in the shooting has not been identified.

An approximate shooting location is included below.

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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