DUMFRIES, Va. — A 20-year-old man has been arrested in connection to a shooting that left a 3-year-old girl dead and four teens injured at a Dumfries home Wednesday.
According to a release from the Prince William County Police Department (PWCPD), officers received a call for help just before 11 a.m. from someone claiming they had been shot.
When officers arrived at the house on Milroy Drive, just off of Jefferson Davis Highway, they found one person suffering from a gunshot wound outside the home. More officers arrived and were told there may be more victims inside.
Police walked into the house and found four more juveniles who had been shot in the basement of the home. One of the victims, a 3-year-old girl, died from her injuries.
The four other victims include a 17-year-old boy, a 14-year-old girl, a 16-year-old girl and a 17-year-old girl. All four teenagers were taken to an area hospital for help with serious, life-threatening injuries. A 14-year-old boy was also inside the house at the time of the shooting but was not injured.
Investigators began canvassing the area for a specific person of interest in the deadly shooting. An officer found someone matching the person of interest's description at a nearby business and took him into custody. Police say the man, identified as 20-year-old Kenyatta Lee Oglesby, became "uncooperative" when he was questioned about what may have led up to the shooting.
Officers say Oglesby appeared to be in a relationship with the 17-year-old girl and had been staying at the home on Milroy Dr. The two allegedly got into a fight at the house, where Oglesby is accused of shooting the 17-year-old outside the home and the other four victims.
Four of the victims, including the 3-year-old girl who was killed and the 14-year-old boy who was not injured, are siblings who live at the home. The fifth victim, a 17-year-old boy, also lived at the home but was not related to the other teens.
Police have charged Oglesby with one count of murder, four counts of aggravated malicious wounding and five counts of using a firearm in the commission of a felony.
One neighbor, who asked to not be identified, told WUSA9 that a woman ran out of the house and was begging for help after being shot.
"I was trying to take the pulse," the neighbor said. "It was rapid so I lifted the head so I could get more air, and I took some pads to clean the mouth to cleanse the airway."
Prince William County Police say two guns have been recovered and testing will show if they were used during the deadly shooting.
"Any type of domestic situation has the potential to be very emotional and gets out of control very quickly when you introduce guns to the situation," said the Deputy Chief of the Prince William County Police Department, Jared Phelps. "The fact that you have a young individual that is the victim of an argument is very tragic."