Two Dead in Murder-Suicide in Laurel

Two people are dead after a murder-suicide that occurred in Laurel over the weekend, according to Prince George’s County police.

The incident happened around 7 p.m. Sunday in an apartment complex along the 11200 block of Basswood Terrace. Police said they responded to calls of a reported shooting. When police entered the apartment, they found Aeris Lashay Beard, 19, and Adam Clayton Owsley, of the same residence, suffering from gunshot wounds. Police said both persons were pronounced dead at the scene.

According to police, Beard and Owsley were involved in an “on-again-off again relationship” and shared an infant son, who was not in the apartment at the time.

The medical examiner’s report stated that Owsley shot Beard before turning the gun on himself, said Cpl. Henry Tippett, a police spokesman.