Two charged for fatal triple shooting at Edmonston laundromat

EDMONSTON, Md. ( DC News Now ) — Police are investigating after a man was killed in a triple shooting at a laundromat in Edmonston on Sunday.

Chief Beale with the Edmonston Police Department told DC News that on Sept. 8 around 6 p.m., officers were called to the 4700 block of Kenilworth Ave. for a shooting.

There, police found 18-year-old Anibal Suazo of Lothian, Md., dead. He had been shot, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department (PGPD).

PGPD said that officers found two other people who had been shot — including a woman and 20-year-old Alex Delgado of Silver Spring, Md., later identified as one of the suspects.

Both were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

PGPD said that the second suspect — a 17-year-old boy from New Carrollton — escaped in a car. Police used a helicopter to help chase and arrest him.

PGPD believes that the two suspects targeted Suazo, who was known to them, at the laundromat. They started to physically attack him, and Delgado shot Suazo and the other victim. Suazo returned fire.

Police recovered two guns from the laundromat.

Both Delgado and the 17-year-old were charged as adults with first-degree murder and other related charges.

One customer who did not want to be identified told DC News Now that they are still trying to process the news.

“I have not felt unsafe here before,” said the person. “It makes me feel distraught.”

During the shooting, two washers were hit by bullets and several customers left their clothes behind.

“We went to prevent and have police officers on duty more often. So neighbors are comfortable coming to the laundromat, getting their job done because it is operation,” added the customer.

PGPD was continuing to investigate the shooting to determine what led to it. Anyone with any information is asked to call 301-516-2512.

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