Samuel Shields, who died while in the custody of the Prince George's County Correctional Center. WASHINGTON --- On June 17, 2014 Samuel Shields, a jovial and charismatic reggae musician from Jamaica, boarded a bus in Washington, D.C. on his way to Addison Road Metro Station, located just over the state border in Capitol Heights, Maryland.
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