Man dead after shooting near funeral home in Prince George's County

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. - One man is dead after a shooting near a Landover funeral home, police confirmed Tuesday.

According to Prince George’s County police, officers responded to the 7400 block of Landover Road just before 9:30 a.m. Tuesday for a reported shooting near the J.B. Jenkins Funeral Home.

"I do want to clarify that the initial scene location, there is a funeral home nearby. However, that is not related to this case," Officer Emily Austin said. "What I was told is that the victim was in a vehicle that was traveling on 75th Avenue towards Landover road when the suspects approached in their vehicle, shot at the victim in the vehicle the victim was in."

According to Officer Austin, the shooting does not appear to be random. The victim, who has not been identified as of this writing, was found dead in a car a few blocks away on the 7100 block of Old Landover Road. The victim was in a passenger seat, Austin said.

"That’s going to be part of our investigation, who else was involved. I can confirm there was some property damage to a couple of vehicles. However, aside our deceased victim, there was nobody else reported injured as a result of this case," she said.

The scene by 75th Avenue and Landover Road included at least 60 evidence markers and was cleared around 1 p.m. Tuesday. Jose Diaz lives nearby and was passing the area Tuesday as police were investigating.

"If those are evidence markers and those are shell casings…I mean, those are a lot of shells," Diaz said. "Defend yourselves, but also be at peace with yourselves because this area. There’s kids playing all the time. If you see bullets flying, man…come on, the kids can get hit. That’s something that’s not really, you might be taking someone else’s loved one away and that’s a tragic thing to do."

As of this writing, neither vehicle or suspect descriptions have been provided by authorities.