Police identify pair shot and killed by off-duty Pentagon officer in Takoma Park

Questions surround double shooting involving Pentagon officer

Questions abound after an off-duty Pentagon police officer shot and killed two people who he thought were breaking into a car.

TAKOMA PARK, Md. - Authorities have identified the two people they say were shot and killed in Montgomery County early Wednesday morning by an off-duty Pentagon Police Officer who told police he thought he saw them breaking into a car.

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Police say 32-year-old Dominique Williams of Hyattsville and 38-year-old James Lionel Johnson of District Heights were killed in the incident in Takoma Park.

Pentagon police officer on leave after firing on suspects he thought were breaking into a car

A Pentagon police officer is on leave after he shot and killed two suspects who he thought were breaking into a vehicle in Takoma Park. The officer was off duty when the incident occurred.

Officers say they responded to reports of shots fired in the parking lot area of the Takoma Overlook Condominiums at around 5 a.m. Wednesday. When they arrived, they say an off-duty Pentagon Force Protection Agency Police Officer told them he say what he thought was a car break-in and fired at two suspects who tried to the flee the scene in a vehicle.

A short time later, Williams and Johnson arrived at Prince George’s Hospital where they died from gunshot wounds.

According to the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, the officer is on administrative leave, pending the results of the Takoma Park police investigation.

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