By MARIA D. JAMES — Around midnight on August 14, the City of Hyattsville Police Department issued an advisory regarding the report of a shooting in the 4200 block of Oglethorpe Street. The following update was issued at 12:20 p.m.:
Prince George’s County Police Homicide Unit detectives are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred in the City of Hyattsville on Tuesday night. The victim is 26-year-old Yuri Echavarria Jr., of Hyattsville. Preliminarily, detectives do not believe this was a random crime.
On August 13th at approximately 9:50 pm, officers with the City of Hyattsville Police Department responded to the 4200 block of Oglethorpe Street for the report of a shooting. When they arrived, the officers discovered Echavarria inside the stairwell of an apartment building suffering from gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead on the scene.
Detectives are working to establish a motive and identify suspect(s).
The Prince George’s County Police Department investigates all homicides in the City of Hyattsville.
Anyone with information on this case is asked to call the Homicide Unit at 301-772-4925. Callers wishing to remain anonymous may call Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477), text “PGPD plus your message” to CRIMES (274637) on your cell phone or go to www.pgcrimesolvers.com and submit a tip online . Please refer to case 19-0047472.
