3rd Suspect In Man's Fatal Shooting Inside Hillcrest Heights Store Sought By Police

HILLCREST HEIGHTS, MD — Police have charged two men in connection to a fatal shooting that happened inside the Footlocker store Oct. 10 that's located in the 3700 block of Branch Avenue. A third suspect remains on the loose.

On Thursday around 5:50 p.m., Prince George's police officers were called to the store for a report of a shooting. They found 24-year-old Dominique Hodge of Washington, D.C., with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead on the scene, according to police. Hodge was in the store shopping when he was shot. No other customers or employees were injured, police said.

A patrol officer who saw three men matching the descriptions of the suspects walking around half a mile from the scene stopped them but they took off running. The officer was able to apprehend 19-year-old Andres Rodriguez-Corona of Waldorf and found a handgun on him. Around 11:25 p.m. that same day, officers arrested 22-year-old Carl Sanders of Washington, D.C., during a traffic stop in the area of 28th Avenue and St. Barnabas Road in Temple Hills. Two ghost guns (unserialized) were found in the vehicle.

Rodriguez-Corona has been charged with first- and second-degree murder along with related charges. Sanders has been charged with multiple firearms offenses.

If anyone has information relevant to the investigation or can identify the third suspect, call detectives at 301-516-2512.