a resident of the complex has been charged with murder after two employees of a maryland senior living facility were fatally shot police said the incident occurred friday morning at the national church residences gateway village in prince georges county said police who identified the suspect and victims on saturday roy batson 63 was charged with firstdegree murder in the deaths of mackeda evans 46 of temple hills and michelle boateng 46 who also lived at the facility according to the prince georges county police department detectives have charged 63yearold roy batson of capitol heights with the double murder at a senior living community in the town of capitol heights read more pictwittercomdfbcgmixyy pgpdnews pgpdnews october 9 2021 the shooting which occurred around 915 am friday followed a confrontation between batson and evans according to police batson had confronted evans earlier in the morning about a prior dispute between the two in october over a violation notice police said in a statement announcing the charges he admitted to going to his apartment retrieving a gun and returning to the first floor office area and shooting both victims police tape is seen near a shooting at a senior living facility in prince georges county md friday morning oct 8 2021 wjla officers responding to a report of a disturbance at the facility determined there was an active shooter situation and secured the scene police said one victim was found in a corridor suffering from gunshot wounds and the other was found in an office on the first floor both were pronounced dead at the scene police said more suspect atlarge in fatal shooting of officer outside police department in georgia members of the departments emergency services team found batson lying down in a hallway on the third floor and took him into custody without incident police said a gun was also recovered in the hallway according to police batson is currently in custody on a nobond status police are seen near the scene of a shooting at a senior living facility in prince georges county maryland friday morning oct 8 2021 wjla one witness told told washington dc abc affiliate wjla she ran after hearing gunfire we heard a pow i looked and i saw his hand go up and he shot twice and i just ran the woman told the station more 15yearold girl gunned down in road rage shooting in oakland national church residences said it was extremely heartbroken over the incident we are proud of the heroic and swift actions of our staff to ensure that our residents were protected and kept safe the senior housing provider said in a statement our hearts go out to the families of our two team members who lost their lives as of thursday night prince georges county surpassed 100 homicides for the year