A 20-year-old man and a 17-year-old are charged with first-degree murder in connection with a fatal shooting Sunday at a laundromat in Edmonston, Maryland.
Alex Delgado, 20, of Silver Spring, and the 17-year-old, of New Carrollton, are accused of killing 18-year-old Anibal Suazo from Lothian, Maryland.
Police did not name the 17-year-old but said that the teen is being charged as an adult.
Police responded to the 4700 block of Kenilworth Avenue at 6 p.m. after a shooting was reported. Officers discovered Suazo suffering from a gunshot wound. He died on the scene.
The shooting also injured Delgado and a woman. They were taken to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. Police recovered two guns on the scene.
“Everybody ducked and started running away. Seconds later, we heard more gunshots,” one man said.
One witness said they heard some sound coming from the middle of the laundromat and saw two people fighting before a couple of gunshots went off. When people started running , the witness said there were "a lot more gunshots."
Patrons took cover until police arrived.
The 17-year-old fled the scene in a car. He was arrested later by police after a pursuit with a Prince George's County Guardian helicopter.
A preliminary investigation revealed Delgado and the teen suspect targeted Suazo at the laundromat, police said. According to police, both suspects knew Suazo. When they approached him, they started to physically assault him, police said.
During the fight, Delgado shot Suazo and the woman and then Suazo returned fire, police said.
At the laundromat on Monday, a woman told News the 18-year-old shot and killed was her sister’s boyfriend. Her sister, who’s also 18, was shot four times in her feet and leg.
“She’s doing good. She’s stable. She’s in the hospital, waiting to get surgery,” she said.
Two clothes dryers were taped over and out of service on Monday. A woman showed bullet holes in a shirt she had inside a dryer with the gunfire began.
“Everybody started crying. It’s too difficult for me,” she said.
Despite the shooting, the laundromat opened on time at 6 a.m. Monday.
Some people retrieved belongings they left behind in the chaos; others had no idea there had been a murder.
Prince George's County police are conducting an investigation into the motive for the assault and shooting. They said that it appeared to be an isolated incident and there was no threat to the public.
The laundromat owner said he had been in business for five years and never had any trouble. He described the shooting as an isolated, targeted incident and said he’s cooperating with investigators.
If anyone has information relevant to this investigation and would like to speak to a Homicide Unit detective, they are asked to please call 301-516-2512.
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