PGPD PGPD Investigates Homicide in Langley Park

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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating a homicide in Langley Park on Saturday. The victim is 33-year-old Rene Orlando Lopezof no fixed address.

On October 19th, at approximately 2:15 pm, patrol officers responded to the 1300 block of Merrimac Drive for a report of an injured person. When officers arrived, they discovered the victim unresponsive inside an apartment building suffering from trauma to the upper body. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

Detectives are actively working to determine a motive and identify suspect(s).

If anyone has information relevant to this investigation, they are asked to please call our detectives at 301-772-4925. 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.) Please refer to case number 19-0061211.

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.