Man Convicted In Fatal Shooting Of Girlfriend

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — A Landover man charged with murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend has been convicted.

Harry Lindsey was accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend, 29-year-old Sharita Cristwell of Bladensburg, during an argument on July 5, 2025, at a home located in the 700 block of Stretford Way in Landover.

Cristwell had arrived at the home with couple's two children. Lindsey’s mother took the children out of the home to attend a family gathering, leaving him and Cristwell in the home together. Lindsey asked another adult present in the home to leave, then confronted Cristwell, and shot her twice, according to prosecutors.

Cristwell was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Prince George's County police.

After the shooting, Lindsey fled the scene. He cut off his court-ordered ankle monitor but the police department’s fugitive unit located and arrested Lindsey the following day in Capitol Heights. Lindsey had been arrested and released two weeks prior on charges he had assaulted Cristwell by strangling her, police disclosed.

He was on home detention at the time he fatally shot Cristwell.

Lindsey has been found guilty of first-degree murder, firearm use and illegal possession, and escape.

His sentencing has been scheduled for July 24.