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The Prince George’s County Police Department announced the arrest of 25-year-old Geonte McNeil-Williams, of Upper Marlboro, on charges of murdering 31-year-old Temple Hills resident Rakib Rakib on Walker Mill Road on Wednesday afternoon.
The shooting was reported at around 3 p.m. on Dec. 18.
Rakib was taking out the trash behind the store when McNeil-Williams allegedly approached him, investigators said, demanded his belongings, and shot him.
Officers arrived to find Rakib suffering from a gunshot wound outside the business and he was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders.
Detectives said there’s no evidence the two men knew each other.
McNeil-Williams was arrested on Thursday morning after investigators used were able to identify him as a suspect, charging him with first- and second-degree murder, as well as other related offenses.
He's being held at the Department of Corrections.
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