The Prince George's County Police Department said that officers were called to the 6800 block of Haven Ave. around 5:45 p.m.

Police found a male who had been shot inside of a car. He died there.

Oxon Hill High School, which is near where the shooting took place, canceled its football game for the evening.

Makiyah Wilson died on July 16, 2018 when a stray bullet hit her while she sat on the front stoop of her home in Clay Terrace. A number of other people were hurt in the shooting.

Investigators said Isaiah Murchison, 23, and Marquell Cobbs, 21 and four other men, armed with guns, drove to Wilson's neighborhood and fired more than 50 shots indiscriminately.

No witnesses were willing to share information about the gunmen's identities. Prosecutors had to present forensic evidence, statements made by the defendants on social media and motive evidence from the case.

Murchison, 23, was sentenced to 60 years in prison while Cobbs was sentenced to 72 months in prison and three years of supervised release.

Previously, a jury found Cobbs not guilty of the charges related to the murder of Wilson; it did find him guilty of his membership in the Wellington Park Crew, according to a news release from the Department of Justice.

According to the Dale County Sheriff's Office, investigators and the Department of Human Resources recently received reports of an abuse case involving three children under 12 in Ariton.

Lt. Caroline Jackson says during an investigation, they discovered that 27-year-old Ashleigh Ableman and her boyfriend, 53-year-old Howard Anderson, had burned Ableman's three children with a blowtorch several times.

Lt. Jackson tells WDHN the burns were severe, and the children had signs of other kinds of abuse.

On Oct. 5, DCSO deputies executed a search warrant at a home in Ariton and arrested Ableman and Anderson. They are both charged with one count of torture/wilful abuse of a child.

Anderson and Ableman are currently held in the Dale County Jail without bond pending a first appearance. The investigation is still ongoing.

On Friday, Oct. 6, Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force members located and arrested Guy Johnson, 56, for shooting and killing 28-year-old Kriston Robinson three years earlier.

On March 25, 2020, around 3:17 a.m., police responded to reports of gunshots being heard in the 1600 block of 19th St. in Southeast D.C.

When police arrived, they found Robinson, who had been shot, inside a car. She was taken to a nearby hospital and died there.

Johnson was charged with first-degree murder while armed.

The jury found Kevin Orihuela, 22, of Rockville guilty on Thursday. Orihuela faced charges after he caused a crash that led to the death of Noel Powell, 62, of Germantown.

The crash occurred on Aug. 14 at Josiah Henson Parkway and Randolph Road around 4:10 p.m.

Investigators said Orihuela and a group of friends ordered bottomless mimosas while they were at a restaurant for brunch. He drank 11 mimosas over the course of almost two hours, according to security footage. The footage showed him sitting with his head on the table and head in his hands a lot before he left the restaurant.

Orihuela left the restaurant, got into his Audi, and quickly accelerated his car. According to a news release, he was accelerating at 100% of his car's capability and reached 70 miles per hour when the speed limit in the area was only 40 miles per hour.

Orihuela then hit the Powell's car in a T-bone crash. Medics took Powell to the hospital where he died.

Medics also took Orihuela to a hospital where he kept saying that he did not drink ay alcohol and was not speeding. Medical records show his blood alcohol concentration (BAC) was 0.14 a little more than an hour after the crash and then 0.09, four hours after the crash.

He faces up to 15 years in prison, and his sentence hearing is scheduled for Dec. 15.

Harold Landon III, 33, is accused of killing Mariame Toure Sylla, 59, after she went missing on July 29 during her routine evening walk at a park near her condo.

After she disappeared, police and community members went searching for her. Some of her remains were found more than a month later on Aug. 1. The remains were found by a pond near Joint Base Andrews.

The Prince George's County Police Department confirmed the remains belonged to Sylla. Based on that evidence as well as surveillance footage, phone records, and witness information, police were able to obtain a warrant for the arrest of Landon.

“Ms. Sylla was a cherished teacher, sister, mother and friend. The community’s relentless search for her after her disappearance is a testament to that," State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy said in a news release. "We all desperately hoped for a different outcome.

It happened at second floor of the Regents Drive Parking Garage. Several people that park there daily say it's concerning and more security is needed.

"Nervous, scared, worried, just praying it doesn't happen to me," Zainab Badejo, a first year graduate student at UMD, said.

That's how she felt when she received an alert from the campus police about an attempted carjacking the garage where she parks often.

University of Maryland Police said three people approached a woman inside the parking garage. They implied they had a weapon and tried to steal her car - when they failed, they fled in a silver SUV. The suspects were last seen on Baltimore Ave. going in the opposite direction of campus.

The incident raised several questions about safety for some students, they are hoping more security could make a difference.

"Is there anything being done to make sure this doesn't happen again and how often does this happen?" Badejo said. "Increasing more campus police, having an officer in the garage and maybe cameras as well."

Although campus police alerts keep students informed, Badejo said she's also concerned about other crimes like robberies happening on and off campus.

"Be safe and I hope UMD does something to address this because this can't keep happening," she said.

Campus police were still investigating the incident as of Thursday night.

Danny Vasquez, 25, of Woodbridge, Va., was driving on 14th St. near the intersection of Jefferson Drive, SW, on Sept. 3 when he hit someone riding a scooter.

Vasquez did not stay. He fled from the scene, and the victim was taken to a nearby hospital with serious injuries.

On Oct. 5, Vasquez turned himself in. He is being charged with leaving after colliding.

Metropolitan Police Department officers were called to the 2600 block of Douglas Rd. SE just before noon for the sounds of gunshots.

Officers found 37-year-old Joshua Starr with several gunshot wounds. He died there.

Initial reports had a lookout for someone in a school uniform, but in a press update later in the day, MPD officials said that there was no usable lookout.

Anyone with any information was asked to call 202-727-9099 or text 50411.

Richard Montano, 48, killed Silvia "Kelly" Vaca Abacay, 40, on Aug. 10, 2022. He stabbed her and then set her body on fire to try and hide the fact that he killed her. At the time, Abacay was staying at her friend's apartment who was Montano's ex-girlfriend's place.

Evidence from the trial showed that Montano had entered the apartment that afternoon, likely trying to kill his ex-girlfriend after the pair ended their relationship of eight years. A neighbor's Ring camera footage showed that he entered her apartment on multiple occasions in the preceding month without her knowing. The neighbor called 911 four times the afternoon they heard screaming and banging from across the hall.

Medical examiners found that Abacay died from multiple "sharp and blunt force wounds" before she was set on fire. Prosecutors think that he mistakenly thought Abacay was his ex-girlfriend when he killed her.

Montano faces up to life in prision for both charges. His sentencing will be on Jan. 19, 2024.