The Tribune

By SANCHESKA BROWN

Tribune Staff Reporter

sbrown@tribunemedia.net

A TEENAGE girl was found shot to death early yesterday morning – the third person to be killed within 36 hours in the capital.

Assistant Superintendent of Police, Anthony Ferguson, said police received an anonymous call that around 7am a car was parked on a dirt road with what appeared to be a dead girl inside.

“Officers responded and went to the bonefish pond area off Cowpen Road, about a quarter mile through Farm Road, and saw a Honda Accord parked on the dirt road. Upon further investigation officers discovered a female in the passenger seat with gun shot injuries about her body,” he said.

“From all indications she was there for several hours, we believe during the course of the night. It is still early in the investigation, but all we can say right now is she appears to be in her late teens, maybe early 20’s, and the car she was found in was not registered to her.”

Police have not officially identified the victim but The Tribune understands she is 19-year-old Latheria “Lulu” Moss.

About three hours earlier, police were on the scene of another homicide, this time in the Red Land Acres area. According to reports, shortly after 3am police received a report that a man was found dead on Haven and Sea Roads.

When they arrived they found a man lying in the driveway of a residence. He had two gunshot wounds in his head. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS personnel.

ACP Ferguson said police are still trying to identify the victim and they have no motive or suspects at this time although last night they said the two murders are related.

He said police also have no suspects in the shooting death of a man late on Friday night around 11pm off Washington Street.

Police say the victim was at Kings Barr on Robinson Road when a man armed with a handgun walked in and shot him several times. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition where he died of his injuries a short time later.

ACP Ferguson said police are unsure if the three homicides are related but their investigations continue.

Anyone with information on any of the murders are asked to contact police at 911 or 919, the Central Detective Unit at 502-9991 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 328-TIPS.