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Victims Identified in Wednesday’s Police-Involved Shooting in Takoma Park
Takoma Park Police identified the two suspects who were killed during an incident involving an off-duty Pentagon Protection Force Agency police officer. They are Dominique Williams, 32, of the 7600 block of Allendale Circle in Hyattsville; and James Lionel Johnson, 38, of the 3300 block of Princess Stephanie Court in District Heights.
On the morning of April 7, officers from the Takoma Park Police Department responded to multiple reports of shots fired in a parking lot area of the Takoma Overlook Condominiums.
When authorities arrived at the condos on the 7000 block of New Hampshire Avenue in Takoma Park shortly after 5 a.m., they were approached by the off-duty officer who said he observed what he thought was a car being broken into. The officer said that the suspects failed to follow his direction and attempted to flee in a vehicle. That’s when the officer discharged his service weapon, according to a
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Police in Maryland on Thursday identified two people who were fatally shot by an off-duty Pentagonpolice officer who said he was attempting to stop an alleged car break-in near Takoma Park.
Dominique Williams, 32, of Hyattsville, Maryland, and James Lionel Johnson, 38, of District Heights, Maryland, both succumbed to their injuries at Prince George’s Hospital on Wednesday, Tacoma Park Police said in a statement released on Thursday.
At approximately 5:03 a.m. Wednesday, officers from the Takoma Park Police Department responded to multiple reports of shots fired in the parking lot area of Takoma Overlook Condominiums. Upon arrival, officers were approached by an off-duty Pentagon Force Protection Agency police officer who advised he observed what he thought was a car being broken into, according to the press release.
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In late March, a similar incident involving an off-duty officer with the Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA) unfolded in Washington, DC, after a 16-year-old boy had allegedly attempted to rob the official. The teen was shot in the arm and was subsequently charged with assault with the intent to commit robbery while armed with a BB gun.
An off-duty officer with the Pentagon Force Protection Agency has been placed on administrative leave after he shot and killed two people who he believed to be breaking into a car.
The deadly incident unfolded during the predawn hours on Wednesday in the parking lot area of the Takoma Overlook Condominiums in Takoma Park, Maryland. Officers from the Takoma Park Police Department responded to the scene at approximately 5:03 a.m. local time after dispatch received reports of multiple shots fired.