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A 15-year-old minor from Lexington Park is allegedly responsible for the murder of Marcus Anthony Day, 26, in Great Mills, according to investigators from the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office.
Officers from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office were called shortly after 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4, to the Great Mills Sheetz in the 20700 block of Old Great Mills Road to investigate a reported shooting, though upon arrival no victim was initially located.
Shortly thereafter, officials say that deputies responded to MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, where they found Day suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
The Leonardtown resident was pronounced dead at the hospital, according to the sheriffs office.
During the investigation, the teen was identified as a likely suspect, and he was arrested in King Georges County in Virginia on Friday, May 5.
He was charged with:
- First-degree murder;
- Second-degree murder;
- Use of a firearm in a violent crime;
- First-degree assault;
- Second-degree assault;
- Possession of a firearm by a minor.
Under Maryland law, officials say that the teen will not be identified and no booking photo will be released pending a possible waiver hearing.
No motive for the shooting has been released by investigators.
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