Woman dead in Prince George’s Co. shooting

By Anna Isaacs
June 10, 2018 | 2:48 PM

WASHINGTON — A D.C. woman is dead after a shooting in District Heights, Maryland, Sunday morning.

Prince George’s County police were called to an apartment complex in the 2700 block of Lorring Drive in District Heights just before 11 a.m. for a report of gunshots, according to Prince George’s County police.

They found Alashia Ervin-Bethea, 20, with gunshot wounds to her upper body in the complex’s parking lot. The Southeast D.C. woman was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Police say the shooting doesn’t appear to be random, but don’t have any details on a suspect or motive.

They’re asking anyone with information to call police at 1-866-411-8477.

Below is the area of the shooting:

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Fentanyl seizures plummet as Trump administration shifts focus to immigration

By Maryland Matters
August 22, 2026 | 8:26 PM

WASHINGTON — Fentanyl seizures decreased by 39% during the first year of the second Trump administration after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shifted the Department of Homeland Security’s criminal investigations arm to conducting immigration enforcement, according to a report government investigators published Friday. Agents with Homeland Security Investigations, a subagency of DHS’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement, reported an “all hands-on deck” environment toward immigration enforcement began in January 2025, according to the DHS Office of Inspector General report. “With ICE dedicating more staff hours to immigration investigations, staffing hours for fentanyl investigations declined,” the report said. The report found that the hours dedicated to fentanyl investigations for fiscal 2025 declined by more than 250,000 hours, or 31%, compared to fiscal 2024.

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