On January 22, 2022, at 8:07 a.m. deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 20900 block of Coronet Place in Lexington Park, for the reported shooting. Deputies located the 51-year-old male victim from Lexington Park, suffering from a gunshot wound to his left arm and left leg. Detectives and crime lab personnel from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division responded to the scene and continued the investigation. The victim advised he was shot by an unknown female operating a blue vehicle. The victim was transported to an area trauma center for treatment and later released. The victim is unfamiliar with the suspect, however this was not random and the family was targeted.
During the course of the investigation, Savannah Georgina Crown, age 32 of Delaware, was developed as a suspect. Further investigation determined Crown has a blue Hyundai registered to her and she had registered at a hotel in Lexington Park on January 21, 2022 and left the hotel during the early morning hours of January 22, 2022. Crown observed the victim in his vehicle at the neighborhood mailboxes, at which time she shot the victim and the victim’s vehicle. Crown then drove back to the state of Delaware, where a vehicle pursuit ensued and ultimately ended in Easton, Maryland, when Crown stopped her vehicle in the roadway and shot herself. Crown was transported to an area trauma center, where she remains for treatment.
A warrant has been obtained for Crown for the following charges:
Attempted
First Degree Murder
Assault
First Degree
Reckless
Endangerment
Reckless
Endangerment from Car
Firearm
Use-Felony Violent Crime
Loaded
Handgun on Person
Loaded Handgun in Vehicle
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact Trevor Teague at (301) 475-4200 extension 78128 or by email at Trevor.Teague@stmarysmd.com.
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