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Police: Mother, 2-year-old child found fatally shot

FORT WASHINGTON, Md. -- Prince George's County have identified a woman and her 2-year-old daughter who were found fatally shot near their Fort Washington home.

Police tweeted Tuesday afternoon that the victims in the double homicide are 26-year-old Neshante Davis and 2-year-old Chloe Davis-Green.

Police spokeswoman Julie Parker said at a news conference that officers discovered Davis in the parking lot and her 2-year-old daughter in a nearby car at around 7 a.m. Tuesday. Both suffered apparent gunshot wounds.

Parker said Davis was pronounced dead at the scene and the toddler was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Interim police Chief Hank Stawinski says the crime "shocks the conscience." He says police have "very viable investigative leads."

According CBS affiliate WUSA, the Prince George's County Educators' Association says Davis was a teacher at Bradbury Heights Elementary School.

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