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Police: Suspect who shot at officers in Temple Hills now in custody

Roy Alonzo Fowler, 29, is charged with three counts of attempted first-degree murder, three counts of attempted second-degree murder alongside additional charges.

TEMPLE HILLS, Md. — Prince George's County Police have arrested and charged the man involved in a shooting exchange with officers in Temple Hills back on March 10.

According to police, back on March 10 at approximately 10:10 p.m., officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a driver in the 3400 block of Branch Avenue. 

Once officers pulled the driver over, police said the driver refused to stop. At the intersection of Branch Avenue and Colebrooke Drive, police told WUSA9 that the suspect made a U-turn on Branch Avenue. 

While doing so, that's when he fired at the officers behind him, striking the front windshield of the first patrol car. Prince George's County police said a second cruiser was also struck. 

During the exchange, police said that one officer then returned fire. The suspect was not struck, police said. Later, the suspect sped down Branch Avenue into the District.

No officers were injured during the exchange, police said.

On March 16, Prince George's County police detectives observed the suspect’s car and conducted a traffic stop. Police said the suspect, later identified as 29-year-old Roy Alonzo Fowler was driving the vehicle and was taken into custody. 

Fowler is charged with three counts of attempted first-degree murder, three counts of attempted second-degree murder alongside additional charges.

A commissioner ordered Fowler to be held on a no-bond status. The motive for the shooting remains under investigation.

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