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| Teen critically wounded in shooting at Lanham area bus stop | Teen critically wounded in shooting at Lanham area bus stop |
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| A 17-year-old was critically wounded in a shooting at a Lanham-area bus stop Monday morning. | |
| The incident put two nearby schools on lockdown as a precaution and shut down a busy road as police searched for suspects in the area. | |
| The incident began about 8:40 a.m. Monday when police received a call reporting a shooting in the 9900 block of Greenbelt Road. When officers arrived, they found a male teenager who had been shot and critically wounded. He was taken to an area hospital. | The incident began about 8:40 a.m. Monday when police received a call reporting a shooting in the 9900 block of Greenbelt Road. When officers arrived, they found a male teenager who had been shot and critically wounded. He was taken to an area hospital. |
| Witnesses told investigators that two people approached the victim and one of them shot him,police said. No description of the attackers was immediately available. | |
| “It appears to be an ongoing dispute between the victim and the suspect,” Prince George’s County police spokesman Lt. Dave Coleman said. | “It appears to be an ongoing dispute between the victim and the suspect,” Prince George’s County police spokesman Lt. Dave Coleman said. |
| Police could not detail the nature of the dispute. | Police could not detail the nature of the dispute. |
| DuVal High and Goddard Montessori schools were put on lockdown, officials said, but the incident was not related to the schools. | |
| Kellie MacLaughlin was in the area for a morning appointment when she heard a gunshot. MacLaughlin, 29, said she ducked before she heard a second gunshot. | Kellie MacLaughlin was in the area for a morning appointment when she heard a gunshot. MacLaughlin, 29, said she ducked before she heard a second gunshot. |
| “I saw the boy slumped down,” MacLaughlin said. “The boy was lying in the street. This happened out of nowhere.” |