Former NFL player and local Huncho House owner Tobias Dorzon and his companion were shot on the evening of Nov. 5, according to NBC4 Washington and a Hyattsville Police Department Facebook post. Both were injured in the shooting, which took place in the 2500 block of Kirkwood Place.
Soon after 10 p.m. on Election Day, Dorzon and a female companion were returning home from an evening out, according to Hyattsville police. The couple had just gotten out of an Uber at Kirkwood Apartments, close to the West Hyattsville Metro station, when four gunmen jumped out of a white SUV and opened fire; a fifth suspect remained in the car.
In surveillance video obtained by NBC4, a gunman then proceeded to rob Dorzon as he lay in the street.
“This is a heinous act of violence,” Hyattsville police Chief Jarod J. Towers told the Life & Times in a Nov. 7 email. “We are actively pursuing all leads to find all five suspects and bring justice for the victims and the people of our community. This type of violence is highly unusual in our city and will not be tolerated.”
Both victims suffered multiple gunshot wounds and were hospitalized in critical condition but are expected to survive.
Dorzon played in the NFL in 2011 and then with the Canadian Football League for several years before eventually becoming a celebrity chef and regular on the Food Network. He opened Huncho House, at 6451 America Boulevard, in 2022, and serves as its executive chef. Earlier this year, Dorzon became the first Prince George’s County native to become the Restaurant Association of Maryland Chef of the Year.
