Suspects pulled up to a group of students and demanded they give them their shoes, a parent said. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.
A group of high school students were waiting at their bus stop in a neighborhood of Accokeek, Maryland, early Thursday morning, when two men tried to rob them — and one of the suspects fired a gun, police say.
The two suspects pulled up to the kids in a blue Hyundai about 6:40 a.m. in the 15900 block of Livingston Road, Prince George's County police said.
When the kids ran away, one of the men fired a gunshot into the air, police said. No one was hurt, police said.
"When he come in the house yelling, saying somebody was shooting at him, I asked him what happened and he said a car pulled up and asked them for their shoes, and so they took off running. He heard the gunshot but they ended up getting — one kid, he tripped — and they ended up getting his, his shoes," the mother of one of the victims said. Police confirmed the suspects stole from one of the kids.
Cameras at the mother's home caught the sound of the gunshot. Seconds after the shot goes off, a school bus can be seen pulling up to the spot.
"It's horrible. You know, kids work for, you know, to get nice things and for someone to just ... early in the morning, they're not even thinking. They're just trying to go to school, and just to hop out with a gun for their shoes," she said.
Several neighbors News4 spoke with said they were surprised about the shooting, but that there had been other crimes in the area recently.
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The students go to Gwynn Park High School.
Prince George's County Public Schools said in a statement to News4 it was working with authorities in the investigation. The school system said students should always be aware of their surroundings and travel in groups when possible.
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