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Mother's Day celebration turns tragic as grandmother is shot dead in her Landover home with grandkids inside

A grandmother was killed in her Maryland home while her grandchildren were inside, and Prince George’s County police are looking for information on who shot her.

Leslie Davis, 54, was found Saturday afternoon inside a bedroom of a home in the 1900 block of Ray Leonard Road, not far from Northwest Stadium in Landover. Police said she had gunshot wounds and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

The shots apparently came from outside, and on Monday, the home’s front windows were seen boarded up.

One man who lives nearby but did not give WTOP his name said what happened was “vicious.” He reflected on the kind of person who would “steep that low to do something like that.”

Police are trying to find a motive and identify a suspect or suspects. They are asking anyone with information to call them at 301-516-2512 and are offering a reward of $25,000.

Below is the area where the shooting happened:

Location of Landover shooting
(Courtesy Google Maps)

WTOP’s Abigail Constantino contributed to this report.

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