LANHAM, MD – Police believe a 71-year-old woman caught in gunshot crossfire and killed on Thursday was not the intended target of the shooting.
Now, the Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating the fatal shooting that occurred Thursday evening in Lanham. The victim is 71-year-old Deborah Armstrong of Bladensburg.
According to police, at approximately 9:10 pm, patrol officers were called to the area of Martin Luther King Jr. Highway and Business Parkway for a shooting involving two vehicles.
“Moments later, officers were then notified that Armstrong, who was a passenger of an uninvolved vehicle, was taken to a local hospital with a gunshot wound(s) to the body. She was later pronounced dead,” police said. “Detectives do not believe Armstrong was the intended target of the shooting and are attempting to develop suspect(s) and motive.”
If anyone has information relevant to this investigation, they are asked to please call detectives at 301-516-2512.
A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest and indictment in this case.