COUNTY JUDGE IS CURRENTLY MAKING A DECISION. HOWEVER, FIRST, WHEN THE COUNTY POLICE INVESTIGATED A DOUBLE SHOOTING THAT SENT TWO INDIVIDUALS TO THE HOSPITAL WITH LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. THAT IS WHERE WE BEGIN TODAY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I’M CHRISTINE SPIRO. ACCORDING TO THE POLICE, THEY WERE APPROACHING THE HOUSE ON DAY SPRING TRACE WHEN THEY HEARD GUNSHOTS.
OUR REPORTER BRITTANY EDNEY IS LIVE OUTSIDE THE HOME WHERE THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED. BRITTANY, WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED? CHRISTINE, WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED NEW INFORMATION IN THE PAST FEW MINUTES.
INVESTIGATORS HAVE INFORMED US THAT THEY HAVE ARRESTED 43-YEAR-OLD TERRENCE ALONZO WASHINGTON AND HAVE CHARGED HIM IN CONNECTION WITH THIS DOUBLE SHOOTING. THE POLICE WERE DISPATCHED TO THE HOME ON DAY SPRING TRACE AT 10:30 PM ON TUESDAY FOR A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE CALL. SINCE IT WAS DOMESTICALLY RELATED, OFFICERS PARKED A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE HOUSE. MOMENTS LATER, THEY HEARD GUNSHOTS.
IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS, THEY NOTICED SOMEONE FLEEING THE SCENE IN A VEHICLE. THE OFFICERS RUSHED TO THE DRIVEWAY OF THE HOME WHERE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AND DISCOVERED TWO VICTIMS WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO THEIR HEADS. THE VICTIMS ARE DESCRIBED AS A WOMAN IN HER FORTIES AND A MAN IN HIS TWENTIES. THEY WERE TRANSPORTED TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL WITH LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. ACCORDING TO THE POLICE, ANOTHER ADULT WAS PRESENT AT THE HOUSE DURING THE SHOOTING BUT WAS UNHARMED. BOTH VICTIMS WERE RESIDENTS OF THE HOME.
THE MALE AND FEMALE VICTIMS LIVED IN THIS HOUSE, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY TRYING TO DETERMINE THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SHOOTER. NEIGHBORS BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE ACQUAINTED WITH EACH OTHER. THIS INCIDENT HAS DEEPLY AFFECTED THEIR COMMUNITY, AND EVERYONE IS HOPING THAT THE TWO VICTIMS RECOVER. MY CONCERN LIES WITH THE PEOPLE CURRENTLY IN THE HOSPITAL. THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE IS ALSO ANXIOUS FOR ANSWERS AS THEY SEEK CLOSURE.
AT THIS TIME, THERE IS NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON WASHINGTON’S PAST, EXCEPT THAT HE IS A CONVICTED FELON. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THAT HE HAD A PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FEMALE VICTIM, WHO IS 44 YEARS OLD. WE CANNOT RELEASE HER NAME YET.
THE LATEST UPDATE ON THE TWO SHOOTING VICTIMS IS THAT THEY ARE STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION IN AREA HOSPITALS. IF ANYONE HAS ANY INFORMATION REGARDING THIS CRIME, PLEASE COME FORWARD..
