Two teenage boys have been arrested and charged with murder in a fatal shooting that occurred inside the Mall at Prince George’s in Hyattsville, Md., on Friday evening, Prince George’s County police said.
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Two 16-year-olds from D.C., whom authorities did not name, have been charged as adults with first- and second-degree murder and related offenses in the killing of Daquan Dockery, 22, of D.C., police said. They were arrested Wednesday morning in D.C. with the help of city police and are awaiting extradition to Prince George’s County, police said.
Man slain at Mall at Prince George’s
Hyattsville police and Prince George’s County police went to the mall in the 3500 block of East-West Highway in the Hyattsville area about 6:30 p.m. Friday in response to a shooting inside, police said. Dockery was found with a gunshot wound in a clothing store and was pronounced dead there.
The mall was evacuated after the shooting.
Police said investigators are working to determine the circumstances of the shooting and whether the teens knew Dockery. The shooting may have started with a dispute, according to Prince George’s police, who investigate homicides that occur in Hyattsville.