Police: Prince George’s County man shot, killed in Crofton
A 43-year-old Prince George’s County man was shot and killed Thursday evening in Crofton, according to the Anne Arundel County Police Department.
After responding to reports of an unresponsive man inside a vehicle, officers found Tommy Lee Williams
Jr., of Capitol Heights, suffering from at least one gunshot wound to the torso in the 2100 block of Baldwin Ave.. He was pronounced dead at the scene by fire department personnel, police said.
Homicide detectives are investigating the shooting. Anyone with information is asked to contact detectives by calling 410-222-4731.
Anonymous tips can also go through the Anne Arundel County Tip Line at 410-222-4700 or through Metro Crime Stoppers at 866-7LOCKUP (56-2587).
Williams’ death is the second homicide in Anne Arundel County this year.
On March 4, Tyrese Malik Williams, 20, was shot by several people when leaving his home in Brooklyn Park, county police said. Struck in the back, Williams was taken to R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore in critical condition but died from his injuries hours later.
Later that night, with the assistance of a Baltimore Police helicopter unit, Anne
Arundel police detained five suspects in Baltimore’s Edgecomb neighborhood, leading to two arrests in the murder.
Baltimore teenagers Dabron Tyreek Johnson, 17, and Decouisey Orlando Wilson, 18, were arrested and charged with Williams’ murder.
As a teenager, Johnson’s court records are not available for review.
Wilson is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Wednesday in Annapolis District Court.
By the end of March last year, five people had been killed in Annapolis and Anne Arundel County. Five people were killed in the same period a year earlier.