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Press Releases - July 2005

Police Department

Prince George's County, Maryland
PRESS INFORMATION OFFICE
7600 Barlowe Road, Palmer Park, Maryland 20785
Phone 301-772-4710 / Fax 301-772-4948

July 25, 2005

PRESS RELEASE
Homicide-Clovis Ave@Heath Street

Prince George’s County, Maryland…The Prince George’s County Police Department is investigating a homicide that occurred in Capitol Heights, Maryland.

On July 23, 2005, at approximately 10:33 p.m., officers responded to the area of Clovis Avenue and Heath Street for the report of a shooting. When they arrived on the scene, officers found 19-year-old Solomon Powell Coleman of the 1200 block of Foyer Avenue in Capitol Heights, lying in the street with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead on the scene and transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore, Maryland for an autopsy.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the victim and the suspect were involved in a physical altercation. The suspect, 20-year-old Terrell Edward Johnson of the 4200 block of Massachusetts Avenue in Washington D.C., produced a weapon and shot the victim multiple times before fleeing the scene.

On July 24, 2005, at 1:00 p.m., the suspect turned himself into police. He has been charged with First Degree Murder and was remanded to the Department of Corrections in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.

Anyone with further information about this case is asked to call the Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit at (301) 772-4925. Anyone wishing to remain anonymous may call Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-TIPS.

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