A man was shot and killed in Landover on Sunday afternoon, setting off a homicide investigation by Prince George's County police who say the attack does not appear to have been random. Officers responded at 1:05 p.m. to reports of gunfire in the 3200 block of 75th Avenue, where they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound.
The man was rushed to a hospital, where he later died, according to DC News Now. His identity has not been released, and detectives are still working to identify any suspects and determine a motive. Police said the shooting is not believed to be random, though they have not described what led to the confrontation.
Some details of the case remain unsettled in early reporting. The Washington Times described a Landover shooting victim as having been found with gunshot wounds and reported he was pronounced dead at the scene rather than at a hospital, differing from the account of the man being taken to a hospital before he died. The outlet's report also referenced the shooting occurring on a different day than Sunday. Hoodline is presenting both versions because the underlying reports conflict and neither has been independently confirmed.
A Familiar Block With a Violent Past
The 3200 block of 75th Avenue has seen deadly gunfire before. In October 2020, officers responding to a shooting on the same block found a victim outside suffering from multiple gunshot wounds; he died a short time later, according to a Prince George's County Police Department post seeking the public's help in that earlier case. Investigators eventually identified two suspects in that killing, including a man named Dayvon Gordon, while the second suspect was arrested shortly after the shooting.
Gordon himself wasn't taken into custody until years later. He was arrested in Washington, D.C., and charged with first- and second-degree murder and related counts in the 2020 killing of Andre Lamont Cox Jr., according to a separate Prince George's County Police Department update. It is not known whether the 2020 case has any connection to Sunday's shooting, and nothing in available reporting suggests one.
Part of a Broader, Shrinking Homicide Count
Sunday's shooting comes amid a broader decline in violence across Prince George's County. The Washington Times reported that the county had logged 37 homicides so far in 2026, a 31% decrease compared with the same period through Oct. 31 of the previous year. That follows a similar drop in 2025, when county police said homicides fell 40% compared with 2024 and overall violent crime dropped 19%, according to NBC Washington.
The Washington Post reported that the annual total was expected to stay below 100 for the first time since 2020, describing the trend as consistent with a national pattern of declining homicides. Nearby jurisdictions have reported similar drops: the District logged 126 homicides in 2025, a 32% decrease from 2024, while Fairfax County saw homicides fall 14%, per the same NBC Washington report.
The investigation into Sunday's case is ongoing.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Prince George's County police at (301) 516-2512.
