Prince George’s County - The Prince George’s County Police Department has identified the officers involved in the departmental shooting that occurred on the Baltimore Washington Parkway at Route 450 as Corporal Alfred L. Michael, an 18-year veteran, and Corporal Lennie S. Sage a 17-year veteran, both assigned to the Patrol Services Bureau, Special Operations Division.
         On January 3, 2007, at approximately 7:30 p.m., Prince George’s County police officers observed a vehicle with stolen tags in the parking lot of a shopping center in the 6600 block of Riverdale Road.  As the officers approached the vehicle on foot, the driver drove over a curb, onto a sidewalk and fled. The driver attempted to exit the parking lot when an officer again approached his car.  The suspect put the car in reverse and accelerated towards the officer, nearly striking him.  Officers pursued the fleeing vehicle to the southbound ramp of the Baltimore Washington Parkway at Route 450 where the driver lost control of his car.  At that point, officers left their cruisers to apprehend the suspects.  The driver started to ram the police cars that were in the front and back of the vehicle. Two officers discharged their service firearms striking the driver and a passenger.
         One of the police officers, injured during the ramming of his police vehicle, was transported to a nearby hospital where he was treated and released. The driver, 43 year old Mark Antonio Washington of the 400 block of Ord Street, N.E. in Washington, D.C. was pronounced dead on the scene. 
         The passenger, another 43 year old male, was transported to a nearby hospital where he was treated for a gunshot wound to his arm.
         Both officers have been placed on administrative leave in accordance with Departmental policies and procedures.  The investigation is continuing.