Ahsan Julian Payton of D.C., died days after a shooting in Prince George’s County. (Courtesy Prince George’s County police)
Posted on 08/01/2024 8:43:11 AM PDT by COBOL2Java
Police in Prince George’s County, Maryland, say a man suspected in the fatal shooting of a 6-year-old boy during a neighborhood Fourth of July party has been arrested in Guyana.
Ahsan Julian Payton of D.C., died days after a shooting in Prince George’s County. (Courtesy Prince George’s County police)
Rakeem Gilgeours, 33, has been charged with second-degree murder and is now in Florida, awaiting extradition to Prince George’s County, police said.
The boy, 6-year-old Ahsan Payton, was struck and critically wounded in the shooting, which happened just before 8 p.m. near the corner of Akron and Beaumont Streets, just off Raleigh Road in Marlow Heights, Maryland.
The boy was rushed to the hospital where he died two days later.
Two adults were also wounded in the shooting, a man who suffered injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening and a woman who was treated at the scene for a graze wound.
Officials credited tips from the community with identifying Gilgeours as a suspect in the shooting. Authorities said they are still seeking to identify at least one other suspect in the shooting.
Police said Gilgeours was located in the South American country, which borders Venezuela and Brazil, and taken into custody by Guyanese police.
Police also credited the U.S. Marshals Service, the Diplomatic Security Service, the Homeland Security Investigations and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement with tracking him down.
Officials are holding a news conference Thursday to provide more details.
Looks like a Zika victim.
He looks nice...
Pointy-headed native...
Ain’t diversity grand?
Gilgeours was...taken into custody by Guyanese police. Police also credited the U.S. Marshals Service, the Diplomatic Security Service, the Homeland Security Investigations and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement with tracking him down.It's a shame our US Secret Service isn't as competent at protecting our presidential candidates and coordinating with local law enforcement agencies.
.....darn....I just HAD to look, and......another Amish guy gone over to the dark side, I reckon....and that county’s police chief, Malik Aziz, another Amish fellow, no.....??
His head should be removed with a belt sander.
“His head should be removed with a belt sander.”
Log splitter to the cranium
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