Gun violence

Suspect, 19, arrested in fatal shooting of 14-year-old girl in District Heights

NBC Universal, Inc. A 14-year-old girl who was shot at an apartment complex in District Heights when visiting a friend after school has died. News4’s Paul Wagner reports. 

Prince George's County police arrested a 19-year-old suspect in the shooting of a 14-year-old girl who died days after a bullet flew through the window of a home in District Heights, Maryland, authorities say.

Khamya Ferrell of Suitland was seriously wounded by stray gunfire while visiting a friend the afternoon of May 31 when shots were fired on Atwood Street, police said.

A single bullet flew through a second-floor window, striking the teen and a woman. A man outside also was shot.

Khamya was pronounced dead June 5.

Her father said she was visiting a friend after attending classes at Suitland High School.

The man and woman who were struck survived their injuries.

Police arrested Chance Waters of Hyattsville and charged him with first- and second-degree murder.

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