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Polls closed for College Park’s special election following former mayor’s arrest

Polls closed in the special election to replace Patrick Wojahn as mayor of College Park, Maryland, Saturday afternoon.

According to the city’s charter, the special election had to take place within 65 days.

Voting ended at 6 p.m. at city hall, 7401 Baltimore Ave.

The candidates are Bryan Haddad, S.M. Fazlul Kabir, Catherine Hope Kennedy and Denise C. Mitchell. Three of the four have experience on the College Park City Council.

The election came after Wojahn resigned as mayor in March. He was arrested and charged with dozens of counts of possession and distribution of child pornography. He had been the city’s mayor since 2015.

Wojahn is married to an employee of Hubbard Radio Washington, D.C., which owns WTOP.

Woman critically injured in domestic shooting in Bowie; suspect in custody

A woman is in critical condition after a shooting inside a Bowie, Maryland, home Thursday, police said. A caller reported the shooting at about 4:20 p.m., police said. Bowie police officers and Prince George’s County Fire and EMS went to the 8500 block of Myrtle Avenue and found a woman in a bedroom with a gunshot wound to her upper body. The first responders provided lifesaving care before she was taken to a hospital in critical condition, Bowie Deputy Police Chief Robert Liberati said during a briefing. Police arrested a suspect, 41-year-old Kimball Hinton Jr., at the scene and found a weapon believed to have been used in the shooting. According to the police, Hinton and the victim were in a romantic relationship.
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