Crime & Safety
Fatal Graduation Party Shooting Suspect Arrested
Larry Recio was arrested for the murder of Shani Caldwell who was shot at a graduation celebration in Prince George's County in 2009.
LANDOVER, MD — Cold Case Unit detectives with the Prince George's County Police Department arrested a man for shooting four people, killing one, at a graduation celebration in Landover in 2009.
Police arrested Larry Recio, 27, of Lanham for shooting four victims. Shai Caldwell, 19, of Bowie died from her injuries hours after she was shot in the back.
On the night of June 2, 2009, officers were called to the graduation celebration in the 9000 block of Continental Place for the report of a shooting. Officers found four victims outside suffering from gunshot wounds. Caldwell died of her injuries several hours later, while the rest of the victims survived, police said.
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The Washington Post reports two dozen people were gathered together that night to celebrate the Charles Herbert Flowers High School graduation.
Caldwell was a former Flowers student and the mother of a 15-month-old girl. Sources told The Washington Post that Caldwell went to Flowers as a sophomore and junior, but transferred to Tall Oaks Vocational High School after she became pregnant. She recently graduated from a nursing program and was at the party to celebrate her younger friends.
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She was found lying face down between two parked cars, fatally shot in the back.
Caldwell was not the intended victim, police said. Detectives believe Recio had been in an ongoing dispute with another group of males at the location.
Recio is charged with first degree murder and several counts of attempted first degree murder. He is currently in the custody of the Hazelton Federal Correctional Institution in West Virginia on unrelated charges.
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