One person is dead and another is seriously hurt after police received reports of disorderly young people at a shopping center in Forestville, Maryland. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.
Editor's Note (April 19, 2021, 1 p.m. ET): Police identified the victim and charged a suspect. Go here for updates.
One juvenile died and another was taken to a hospital with serious injuries after a clash Saturday night at a shopping center off the Capital Beltway in Prince George’s County.
The name of the person who died was not immediately released, but county police said in an update Sunday night that both victims were juveniles and male. Their ages were not immediately released.
The victim who died was shot and the victim who was injured was stabbed, police said.
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Prince George's County police were called to the Ritchie Station Marketplace shopping center in Forestville, Maryland, at about 10:15 p.m. A crowd of disorderly young people had been reported.
Officers found two people with injuries to the upper body. One person was pronounced dead at the scene; the other was taken to a hospital with serious injuries.
Police were questioning dozens of witnesses and investigating one area near Buffalo Wild Wings and another near Tropical Smoothie Cafe. No one was arrested immediately.
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