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Police Suspect Murder-Suicide As Two-Year-Old Found Dead Inside Car

Jeff Jones
Jeff Jones
Yellow law enforcement tape isolating crime scene. Blurred view of city, toned in red and blue police car lights
Yellow law enforcement tape isolating crime scene. Blurred view of city, toned in red and blue police car lights

LARGO, MD – Kenneth Petty, 38, of Suitland, and 2-year-old Sterling Glover Petty of Frederick were found deceased in a car in Largo.

The Prince George’s County Police Department responded to a welfare check around 1 p.m. Sunday on the 1200 block of Mercantile Lane.

Investigators believe Petty shot and killed the child before turning the gun on himself. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.


The motive behind this murder-suicide is currently under investigation.

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