On the evening of Friday, July 30, 2021, 65-year-old Hannah Woods was shot and killed while standing outside in the 1900 block of Village Green Drive in Hyattsville, Maryland. A car drove by and sprayed a group of people with gunfire just before 11 p.m.; when police arrived three women had gunshot wounds. Woods was pronounced dead at the scene. A 24-year-old woman, Nijah Johnson, was taken to a hospital and later died; a third woman was shot and survived.

Woods was a mother and grandmother; her husband had died of an illness about two weeks before the shooting, leaving the family to cope with back-to-back losses. Neighbors described fear and shock after the attack. No arrests have been announced and the motive has not been disclosed. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Prince George’s County Police Department.