A teenager fatally shot in Prince George’s County Thursday night was the driver of a car involved in a crash that killed his classmate in March.
Wise High School’s principal sent a letter to students and parents informing them of the death of senior Kendall Batson, 18, who was shot just after 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the parking lot of North Forestville Elementary School on Ritchie Road.
Prince George’s County police confirmed Batson was driving the car that crashed into a landscaping truck on Ritchie Marlboro Road in March, killing 18-year-old Cayliy Haygood. Police said Batson was driving fast and both he and Haygood were thrown from the vehicle, with Haygood dying on impact.
Batson was treated at a hospital. No one was in or around the landscaping truck at the time.
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The circumstances of Thursday night’s shooting remain a mystery. Investigators have not given any information on a possible suspect or motive.
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