Woman fatally shot in Chapel Oaks, Prince George's County police investigate
A woman was shot just after 11 p.m. on Doewood Lane in Chapel Oaks and died at a nearby hospital, renewing concern about late-night violence.
Prince George’s County police are investigating a homicide after a woman was shot in the 1400 block of Doewood Lane in Chapel Oaks, just south of Addison Road. Officers responded around 11:05 p.m. on June 19 to a report of a shooting, found the woman suffering from an apparent gunshot wound and rushed her to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead shortly after.
The killing put another fatal shooting on a street that sits in the Capitol Heights and Chapel Oaks area and has surfaced before in county homicide records. Prince George’s County police said homicide location information in their open-data portal is typically rounded to the nearest hundred block to protect victim confidentiality, so the listed address may not reflect the exact scene.
Doewood Lane was also the site of a prior homicide investigation in January 2012, underscoring how long the corridor has appeared in police records. For residents who live nearby, the latest shooting raises the same immediate questions that follow any late-night gunfire: whether police had responded to earlier calls in the area, what investigators believe led to the shooting, and what additional patrols or community interventions will follow.
As of the latest public information, police had not released the victim’s name, a motive or any suspect details. The Prince George’s County Police Homicide Unit is handling the case, and investigators are asking anyone with information to call the county’s homicide tip line at 301-516-2512.
The shooting lands against a broader county picture that has shown improvement, even as violence persists in pockets of the county. Prince George’s County police said homicides were down 41% in 2025 compared with the same point in 2024, with 58 homicides recorded versus 99 at the same point a year earlier. That decline matters, but it does not erase the immediate fear created when a fatal shooting hits a neighborhood street after dark.
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