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1 dead, 2 injured in Prince George’s Co. shooting

Seat Pleasant, Maryland, police said a man has died and two have been hospitalized after a Wednesday night shooting in Prince George’s County.

Officers said it happened at around 8:45 p.m. outside an apartment building in Prince George’s County in the 6000 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Highway.

When officers arrived, the department said, they found a man who was shot in the upper body. He was taken to a local hospital, where he later died.

Two other men wounded in the same shooting walked into a hospital with injuries but are expected to survive the shooting. A suspect in the shooting has not been identified.

An approximate shooting location is included below.

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