Paint Branch Student Shot in Burtonsville, Police Say

Silver Spring police district officers are investigating a shooting that occurred Monday morning in Burtonsville, a Montgomery County police statement said.

Investigators believe that this was not a random event and the perpetrators and the victim may have had some prior association, police said.

About 8:50 a.m. Monday, Silver Spring officers responded to the Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Station at 13900 Old Columbia Pike for the report of a 17-year-old male who walked into the fire station and reported he had been shot, police said.

The victim was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

A student at Paint Branch High School, the victim told investigators that he had been at the high school at 14121 Old Columbia Pike but left the school to go to a nearby convenience store, police said.

The victim was walking back to the school when he heard a gunshot and realized that he had been struck, police said.

Detectives determined that the victim’s cheek and ear had been grazed by a bullet, police said.

This shooting remains an open investigation and detectives are working to confirm other details.  Those details will be released once they have been confirmed, police said.

Anyone with information regarding this shooting is urged to call the 3rd District Investigative Section at 240-773-6870.  For those who wish to remain anonymous, tipsters may call Crime Solvers of Montgomery County toll-free at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477).  Crime Solvers will pay a cash reward of up to $10,000 for information provided to them that leads to the arrest and/or indictment of this suspect.  Tipsters will remain anonymous.

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