PGPD Arrests Suspect in Armed Carjacking; Warrant Also Obtained Charging Suspect With Earlier Shooting

 The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Carjacking Interdiction Unit charged a suspect with an armed carjacking that occurred on Thursday. The suspect is 18-year-old Kairee Hicks of Bowie.

 

On April 16, 2026, at approximately 12:40 pm, officers responded to the 1900 block of Grand Way Boulevard in the unincorporated section of Bowie. The victim, an adult female, had just been carjacked. During the carjacking, the suspect displayed a handgun. The victim was not injured. The suspect fled in her 2014 Lexus sedan.

 

Through an extensive investigative effort, detectives located the victim’s car on Friday in the Lanham area. When officers attempted a traffic stop, the driver, Hicks, fled, leading to a brief pursuit that ended in a crash. Hicks then fled on foot but was apprehended following a coordinated search. During his arrest, officers recovered a loaded handgun with an obliterated serial number. Additional evidence linking him to the carjacking was recovered during the investigation.

 

In connection with the carjacking, Hicks is charged with multiple offenses, including armed carjacking, carjacking, use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence, illegal possession of a handgun and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number among additional charges.

 

Gun Crimes Unit detectives have also obtained an arrest warrant charging Hicks with an earlier shooting. In this case, Hicks shot and seriously wounded a man in the 7100 block of Martin Luther King Junior Highway on April 10, 2026. The preliminary investigation revealed Hicks shot the victim during a dispute.  

 

If you have information on the carjacking or Hicks and would like to speak to a Carjacking Interdiction Unit detective, please call 301-516-3788. 

 

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Solvers online at www.pgcrimesolvers.com, the “P3 Tips” mobile app (search “P3 Tips” in the Apple Store or Google Play to download the app onto your mobile device), or call 1-866-411-TIPS (8477). You can remain anonymous. Please refer to case number 26-0020084.

 

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