Document: Homicide on Horner Place, SE

By D.C. Witness Staff - October 1, 2019
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The Metropolitan Police Department is currently investigating a homicide that occurred on Aug. 17.

According to a press release, members of the Prince George’s County Fire Department  responded to 911 calls of a brush fire on the 3100 block of Mill Branch Road, Bowie, MD,. Upon arrival firefighters extinguished the fire and found 24-year-old Marquita Lucas displaying no signs consistent with life.

After further investigating, it was determined that the offense originated inside a home on the 3700 block of Horner Place, SE.

Police are offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in this homicide or any other homicide in DC. Anyone with information is asked to call the police at 202-727-9099. Anonymous information may be submitted to the department’s Text Tip Line — 50411.

As of Oct. 1 MPD shows that 131 homicides have occurred in the district.

As of the same date D.C. Witness data shows that 137 homicides have occurred in the district.

Editor’s note: D.C. Witness’s homicide count differs from the Metropolitan Police Department’s calculation because D.C. Witness records all violent deaths, including police-involved shootings, murder/suicides and vehicular homicides.

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