14-Year-Old Dies Days After Being Shot While Visiting Friend After School: PGPD

DISTRICT HEIGHTS, MD — A 14-year-old girl has died days after she was shot in an apartment in District Heights while visiting a friend. A reward of up to $25,000 has been offered for information in this case.

On May 31 around 1:50 p.m., police officers with the District Heights Police Department and Prince George's Police Department were called to the 6600 block of Atwood Street for a report of a shooting. They found Khamya Ferrell, 14, of Suitland with a gunshot wound along with a woman who had been shot inside the apartment and a man who had been shot outside the apartment. The adults' injuries aren't considered life-threatening.

Ferrell was pronounced clinically dead June 5. Detectives are working to identify a suspect and determine a motive in the shooting. They do not believe Ferrell was the intended target. Her father has said she was visiting a friend after attending classes at Suitland High School.

Anyone with information who would like to speak to a detective can call 301-516-2512.