18-year-old killed in elementary school parking lot shooting was driver in deadly Upper Marlboro crash

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. — Police in Prince George's County say the man found shot dead in an elementary school parking lot on Thursday was also the driver in a March crash that claimed the life of a Wise High School student.

On Thursday evening, police were called to the 2300 block of Ritchie Road in Forestville, an unincorporated area in Prince George's County, for the report of a shooting. 

When officers arrived, they found a man who had been shot in the parking lot of a complex shared by North Forestville Elementary School and North Forestville Community Center. The man was taken to the hospital where he later died. 

Police later identified the man as 18-year-old Kendall Baston of District Heights.

Detectives are still investigating the shooting. So far, no arrests have been made, and a motive has not been established. 

Brian Fischer, a spokesperson for the department, said Baston was the man behind the wheel when the car he was in with 18-year-old Wise High School student Cayliy Haygood crashed in early March. 

Baston and Haygood struck a landscaping truck that was parked on the side of Ritchie Marlboro Road in Upper Marlboro. Haygood died in the crash. Baston was hospitalized. 

Investigators believe speeding was a factor in the deadly crash.