Fairmount Heights

A special police officer and “female victim” had shots fired at them early Tuesday on the D.C.-Maryland border after the female reported being a victim of a sexual assault, police say.  The shots were fired in the 5300 block of Sheriff Road in Fairmount Heights, Prince George’s County police said. Officers responded at about 2:15 a.m.  The victim, whose...

The police chief of Fairmount Heights, Maryland, has been voted out days after a town officer was indicted on charges that he raped a woman in his custody.

A Maryland woman accused a police officer of raping her inside a police station while she was in custody, and police said she never should have been taken to the station.

A 19-year-old woman says she was raped at a Maryland police station after a traffic stop. Prince George’s County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins reports.

A man accused of killing a transgender sex worker feared for his life, according to his attorney. Prince George’s County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins reports.

The suspect in the death of Zoe Spears, a 23-year-old transgender woman shot to death last month in Prince George’s County, feared for his life, according to his attorney.

A man has been charged in the death of Zoe Spears, a 23-year-old transgender woman fatally shot last month in Prince George’s County.

Police have charged a Maryland man with first-degree murder of transgender woman Zoe Spears. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

On the eve of funeral services for a slain transgender woman, a community activist talks about helping her overcome the trauma of human trafficking only to lose her in a shooting.

On the eve of funeral services for a slain transgender woman from the District, News4’s Jackie Bensen spoke to the community activist who helped her overcome trauma from being a victim of human trafficking only to lose her to violent crime.

Police in Prince George’s County, Maryland, have identified the trans woman who was killed in a shooting in Fairmount Heights overnight as Zoe Spears.

A homicide investigation has many questioning whether people in the transgender community are being targeted. Zoe Spears is the second transgender woman to be killed since March. She was found late last night just off Eastern Avenue in Fairmount Heights less than half a mile from where Ashanti Carmon was killed earlier this year. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

A transgender woman was shot and killed Thursday night, making her the second trans woman to be killed in the neighborhood. Zoe Spears was found dead shortly before midnight in Fairmount Heights, Maryland. News4’s Tracee Wilkins reports.

Ashanti Carmon was found shot to death Saturday in Prince George’s County. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.