Overview
- An early-morning shooting on Birdie Lane in Upper Marlboro left a woman critically wounded and she was rushed to a hospital.
- Authorities identified the suspect as 30-year-old Dante Morris of Fort Mill, South Carolina, who was later found dead in South Carolina and whose cause of death has not been released.
- Police say Morris and the female victim had been in a prior relationship, and investigators are treating the case as domestic-related.
- Prince George's County detectives remained on the scene for hours and are leading an active, cross-jurisdictional probe after learning Morris drove back to South Carolina following the issuance of an arrest warrant.
- Neighbors said the shooting shattered a typically quiet block and police have asked anyone with information to contact investigators as they continue to develop the case.