PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — A 27-year-old man is dead after a shooting in Woodbridge, Virginia, Monday night. A 22-year-old man was also hospitalized in the shooting, and a car was struck by gunfire, according to police.
Prince William County Police officers were called to the 13900 block of Richmond Highway near Jefferson Plaza Shopping Center for the report of a shooting just before 9 p.m. Once on scene, officers found the 22-year-old man shot in the lower body. Fire and rescue personnel responded and the man was taken to the hospital with injuries not thought to be life-threatening.
Security officers from the nearby shopping center notified officers of a second man who had been shot multiple times. That man, later identified as 27-year-old Akeem Rashaud Williams of Woodbridge, died from his injuries.
According to a preliminary investigation by Prince William County homicide detectives, a group of people were above the area of the shopping mall when gunshots were fired, striking Williams and the other man.
In the course of the investigation, officers were also informed that a car driving on Richmond Highway was struck by the gunfire, but no other injuries were reported.
"We don't believe the vehicle that was struck that was driving by had anything to do with the situation," said Master Police Officer Renee Carr, a police spokeswoman.
A Prince William Police K-9 unit was called to search the area for suspects, but the search was not successful. Detectives continue to actively search for suspects and determine what led up to the shooting. They do say that the incident does not appear to be random.
"This was not out of the blue," Carr said. "This was not random."
Williams was known to police, as he had been charged with burglary, conspiracy, obstruction, and eluding at the age of 19. Four years later, he was charged with breaking into a house and stealing two guns.
Now, he's been killed in a troubled block where less that a year ago, a woman was shot and killed.
"We haven't had a lot of success speaking to anyone who was in the area at the time," Carr said.
Police said they are following all leads, but need the public's help. They are asking anyone who may have information to contact them at 703-792-6000.
Wiliams' death is being investigated as the second homicide of the year in Prince William County. On Jan. 4, a 3-year-old girl was shot and killed in a domestic shooting at her house in Dumfries. Four teenagers were also injure in the shooting.
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