Tron Johnson, 22 of Mitchellville, was arrested and charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of 22-year-old Terrance Sneed, 26-year-old Curtis Lee Poston, and 25-year-old Charles Dontee Harrison.
Witnesses told the Washington Post that an ongoing argument escalated about the time the New York Giants scored a touchdown early in the fourth quarter.
"It was crazy, it was real crazy night for something to happen like that," said one witness who didn't wish to be identified. "I saw people in there and the guy was shooting out. We just got away, I mean, we didn't want to stay there and look. We didn't want to be on the scene. We just got away." "Very, just very scared. I'm glad God was on our side, that's all I can say. A few minutes earlier and we would have been inside or walking in the door while he was coming out," said another unidentified witness.
Police now believe that Sneed, Poston and Harrison were killed as a result of a simmering dispute that heated up when the three friends argued with two other patrons. Sources now describe a full blown bar fight before the gunfire.
"Again it's not really clear at this point what led to the shooting. We have investigators trying to sort through information we're getting from witnesses to try to determine that." said Prince George's County police Cpl. Diane Richardson.
The restaurant is part of the retail complex known as The Boulevard at the Capital Centre.
Two of the men, Sneed and Poston, were shot in the bar area. Harrison apparently ran for the door but was gunned down near the door by the fleeing gunman.
The murder of the three men have many in the community now demanding better security before it happens again.
"I would not stay around here at night," said Debbie Dehart.
"They need more security," states James Brandon. "It is a hangout, don't go there in the evenings."
Phil Lee of the Kettering Civic Federation says what troubles him most about the Super Bowl melee is that the killer felt The Boulevard was a place he needed and could bring his gun.
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MY OPINION ON SPAREME'S COMMENT... I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE GUYS ARE FRIENDS OF YOUR OLDER BROTHER, BUT THE SHOOTER IS MY DAMN COUSIN. FOR EVERYONE WHO THINKS HE IS AN ANIMAL, THOU SHALT NOT JUDGE. THIS YOUNG MAN WAS VERY BRIGHT AND WAS RAISED WELL AND WAS NOT A CRAZY PERSON. HE WAS CARING AND LOVING AND JUST AS SPAREME SAID, HE WILL ALSO DEFEND HIS FOLKS. IF ALL OF THOSE MEN ARE 36+ LIKE SPAREME SAID, THEN WHY THE HELL ARE YALL OLD ASSES PICKIN ON SOME YOUNGIN'S AT A PIZZERIA? GET A LIFE, A WIFE OR A HOBBY. THERE WERE LIKE 15 GROWN ASS ROWDY MEN PICKIN ON A COUPLE OF 20 YEAR OLDS. GOD RUNS THIS WORLD, NOT ANY OF YOU. YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE TO REAP WHAT YOU SOW, GET USED TO IT.
AND TO 67 ONEREADER, HOW WILL THE DEATH PENALTY, FOR REAL, IN TODAYS SOCIETY AND IN THE SYSTEM REALLY HELP? RIGHT, IT WONT. SO WHY DON'T YOU GO BUILD ANOTHER JAIL, OR BE A JUDGE. DAMN JERK.
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