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Guatemalan Family Pleads For Help After Patriarch Killed By Prince George's Gun Violence Guatemalan Family Pleads For Help After Patriarch Killed By Prince George's Gun Violence
Guatemalan Family Pleads For Help After Patriarch Killed By Prince George's Gun Violence A Maryland community is rallying as a family hopes to send the body of a 38-year-old man victimized by gun violence in Prince George's County back to his native Guatemala. Jeiver Pozuelos Cervantes was found suffering from fatal gunshot wounds on the side of the road in what is believed to be a targeted attack in Riverdale, police say. At approximately 6:40 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 24, officers in the area of Veterans Parkway and Riverdale Road were alerted to Cervantes, who was unresponsive on the side of the road with critical injuries. The Hyattsville resident was pronounced dead at the s…

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by Zak Failla
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Police ID 38-Year-Old Man Found Dead On Side Of Prince George's County Road Police ID 38-Year-Old Man Found Dead On Side Of Prince George's County Road
Police ID 38-Year-Old Man Found Dead On Side Of Prince George's County Road Officers were flagged down early on Thursday morning in Prince George's County when passersby found a 38-year-old man suffering from several gunshot wounds on the side of a busy roadway, police say. Jeiver Pozuelos Cervantes has been identified by investigators as the victim who was killed in what is believed to have been a targeted attack, not a random crime in Riverdale. At approximately 6:40 a.m. on Oct. 24, officers in the area of Veterans Parkway and Riverdale Road were alerted to Cervantes, who was unresponsive on the side of the road with critical injuries. The Hyattsville resi…

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by Zak Failla
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Police ID Children Struck, Killed Walking Near Maryland Elementary School Police ID Children Struck, Killed Walking Near Maryland Elementary School
Police ID Children Struck, Killed Walking Near Maryland Elementary School Two children were killed and a third man was injured on Monday morning when they were struck by a driver walking near a Prince George's County elementary school. Shalom Mbah, 10, and Sky Sosa, 5, both of Riverdale, have been identified by police investigators as the two children who died from their injuries as they walked to Riverdale Elementary School in Riverdale Park.  The students were struck near Riverdale Elementary School. Google Maps street view Police say that at around 8 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 20, Mbah and Sosa were walking with the man in the 5000 block of Riverdale Road when …

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by Zak Failla
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Police ID Victim In Fatal Riverdale Shooting; $25K Reward Offered For Info Police ID Victim In Fatal Riverdale Shooting; $25K Reward Offered For Info
Police ID Victim In Fatal Riverdale Shooting; $25K Reward Offered For Info A $25,000 reward is being offered for information in connection to a homicide in Riverdale, authorities say. On the evening of Sunday, Feb. 19, police were called to the 6800 block of Riverdale Road for reports of a shooting, according to a spokesperson from the Prince George's County Police Department. Tyrone McKinney, 40, was found outside on the scene suffering from gunshot wounds, police say. McKinney was pronounced dead on the scene.  Investigators are working to determine a motive and any suspects connected to the shooting. Anyone with information regarding the shooting invest…

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by Annie DeVoe