PGPD Detectives Investigate Fatal Shooting

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Homicide Unit detectives are working to identify and arrest the suspect(s) who shot and killed a man on Friday. The victim is 20-year-old Deshawn Ramsey of Cockeysville.

On December 27th, at approximately 9:30 am, patrol officers were called to the 3500 block of Dean Drive in the unincorporated portion of Hyattsville for the report of a shooting. They discovered Ramsey inside of an apartment suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

Detectives are working to establish a motive and identify suspect(s). Preliminary, detectives do not believe this was a random crime. A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest and indictment in this case.

If anyone has information relevant to this investigation, they are asked to please call detectives 301-516-2512. Callers wishing to remain anonymous may call Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477), or go online at www.pgcrimesolvers.com, or use the “P3 Tips” mobile app (search “P3 Tips” in the Apple Store or Google Play to download the app onto your mobile device.)

Disclaimer: In the U.S.A., all persons accused of a crime by the State are presumed to be innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. See: https://so.md/presumed-innocence. Additionally, all of the information provided above is solely from the perspective of the respective law enforcement agency and does not provide any direct input from the accused or persons otherwise mentioned. You can find additional information about the case by searching the Maryland Judiciary Case Search Database using the accused's name and date of birth. The database is online at https://so.md/mdcasesearch . Persons named who have been found innocent or not guilty of all charges in the respective case, and/or have had the case ordered expunged by the court can have their name, age, and city redacted by following the process defined at https://so.md/expungeme.