Police tape at the site of a double homicide. Ernest Lott, and Garland Johnson | 6800 block of Central Avenue of Capitol Heights, Maryland

From a police report: The Prince George’s County Police Department is investigating a double homicide in Capitol Heights, Maryland. Preliminarily, detectives do not believe this was a random act. The victims are 37-year-old Ernest Lott, and Garland Johnson, 43.  On September 30, 2015, at about 7:45 pm, patrol officers were called to the 6800 block of Central Avenue for the report of a shooting. When they arrived, they found the two victims outside of an apartment building suffering from gunshot wounds. They were pronounced dead on the scene.

This yellow police crime tape is all that remained in public as a reminder of this sad occurrence.