‘An act of pure evil’: Family mourns victim of random PG County shootings

The Brief

  • Joseph Holt III, 65, was killed in what police say was a random shooting spree in Prince George’s County; his family called the attack “an act of pure evil.”
  • Police believe Holt’s killing is connected to three other shootings the same day, with two victims hospitalized in stable condition and another narrowly avoiding injury.
  • A person of interest is in custody, and investigators say the shootings appear to have been random as the case remains under investigation.

PRINCE GEORGE’S CO., Md. The family of a 65-year-old man killed in a random shooting spree in Prince George’s County spoke exclusively to FOX 5 DC, calling the shooting “an act of pure evil.”

What we know:

On Sunday morning, Prince George’s County Police Department responded to Watkins Park Plaza, where they found Joseph Holt III suffering from gunshot wounds in his car.

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