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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY
Trial of Corrections Official Delayed
A Fairfax County judge yesterday postponed the trial of a Prince George's County corrections official who was fired after she was charged with impersonating a law enforcement officer. The trial is now set for April 4.
The misdemeanor charge stems from an encounter last month between Rose C. Merchant, then a deputy director of corrections, and a Fairfax police officer who was investigating a minor traffic accident involving a car registered to Merchant.
Merchant said yesterday that she has done nothing wrong. Authorities would not describe the allegations that led to the criminal charge.
-- Hamil R. Harris
Gunman Kills Man, Injures Another
Prince George's County police yesterday identified a man who was fatally shot Monday night in Oxon Hill as Xavier M. Benton, 25, of the 1400 block of Fenwood Avenue.
Police responded to calls of a shooting about 11:30 p.m. in the 1500 block of Birchwood Drive, where they found Benton and another man wounded.
Both men were taken to a hospital, where Benton died. The other man was treated for wounds that were not life-threatening, said Cpl. Clinton Copeland, a police spokesman.
Benton and the other victim, who was not identified by police, were shot by a gunman who approached the men as they stood outside a house, police said. An argument occurred before shots were fired. Police said they think the gunman targeted his victims.
