Boy shot and killed at Langley Park Community Center in Hyattsville
A 16-year-old boy was shot dead at Langley Park Community Center, turning a Hyattsville recreation site into a homicide scene and leaving families without answers.
A boy was shot and killed at the Langley Park Community Center in Hyattsville. Police said the victim was shot in the upper body and declared dead at the scene.
The victim was identified as 16-year-old Angel Guzman. One account placed the call shortly before 5 p.m., while another said officers were alerted just after 1:30 p.m. on June 26. Police told people to avoid the area around the community center as the Maryland-National Capital Park Police - Prince George's County Division took the lead in the response. No suspect had been identified in the initial hours after the shooting.
The community center stands at 1500 Merrimac Drive, and the center is open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and for teens from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. The park police division provides year-round protection, 24 hours a day, for county parks and facilities in its jurisdiction.
It was built in 1950 as Langley Park Elementary School and was designed by architect Paul H. Kea before becoming a community center.
Langley Park has also seen other fatal shootings in recent years, including the January 2026 killing of Anderson Andrade Orellana and a February 2024 shooting that killed a 2-year-old. Prince George’s County’s open-data crime portal tracks homicides and other offenses from February 2017 to the present.
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