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Police identify 2 victims in fatal Prince George’s Co. crash

WASHINGTON — Prince George’s County police have identified the two people who died after their car crashed into a utility pole in Capitol Heights, Maryland, Sunday.

Christopher Jackson, 34, of Northeast D.C. and Shadella McDowney, 34, of Oxon Hill, Maryland, were both pronounced dead at the scene after the vehicle they were in collided with a utility pole at Boundary Avenue and Opus Avenue around 2:30 a.m. Sunday.

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Police say the vehicle was traveling northbound on Boundary Avenue at the time of the crash. They are still investigating the cause of the crash.

Anyone with information that could help investigators is asked to call the Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit at 301-731-4422. Anonymous tips can be left at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477) or online at www.pgcrimesolvers.com.

Maryland Zoo’s lone female elephant moving as facility transitions to all-male herd

The Maryland Zoo is preparing to say goodbye to its only female African elephant as it changes to an all-male herd. Felix, a 43-year-old elephant who has lived at the Baltimore zoo for 19 years, will move to another facility later this week. Zoo officials said the move is in Felix’s best interest because it will give her opportunities to socialize with other female elephants. Her interaction with other females have been limited since the zoo’s other female elephant died in 2024. “We will all miss her but having social companionship in a female herd is the best thing for Felix’s overall well-being,” Mammal Curator Erin Cantwell Grimm said.
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