Updated on January 25, 2021 at 9:13 am
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Detectives from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man Saturday suspected of shooting and killing two women in Waldorf.
Deon Watkins, 49, of Washington, D.C., was arrested in the District and is awaiting extradition to Maryland to be charged, the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
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Officers responded to the 2400 block of Hanover Court at about 12:45 a.m. Thursday for a report of gunshots.
“When officers arrived, they observed the front door to one of the townhomes was open,” the statement from the sheriff's office said.