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Guard is stabbed, fires gun during confrontation, Prince George’s police say Guard is stabbed, fires gun during confrontation, Prince George’s police say
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A security guard was stabbed and fired his gun Sunday evening during a confrontation in Prince George’s County after a shoplifting incident, county police said. A security guard was stabbed and fired his gun Sunday evening during a confrontation in Prince George’s County after an alleged shoplifting incident, county police said.
The guard was stabbed during a struggle in a parking lot outside a supermarket in the 9800 block of Livingston Road in the Fort Washington area, said Officer Antonia Washington, a county police spokeswoman. His wound was in the upper body and his condition was unclear, she said. The guard was stabbed during a struggle with another man in a parking lot outside a supermarket in the 9800 block of Livingston Road in the Fort Washington area, said Officer Antonia Washington, a police spokeswoman. The guard’s wound was in the upper body and his condition was unclear, she said.
During the struggle, the guard fired his gun and the other man suffered a minor injury, Washington said. But she said it was not clear whether the injury was a graze wound from the guard’s gunshot. During the struggle, the guard fired his gun and the other man suffered a minor injury, Washington said. But, she said, it was not clear whether the injury was a graze wound from the guard’s gunshot.
Both the guard and the other man were taken to a hospital after the incident, which occurred around 5:30 p.m., she said. The guard and the other man were taken to a hospital after the incident, which occurred around 5:30 p.m., she said.
The encounter began in the store, she said, when the guard tried to stop someone in connection with a possible shoplifting incident. The confrontation continued in the parking lot after the man attempted to leave, Washington said. The encounter began in the store, she said, when the guard tried to stop a man in connection with a possible shoplifting incident. The confrontation continued in the parking lot after the man attempted to leave, Washington said.
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