Man strolling down a Fort Price avenue shot, wounded after exchanging phrases with driver

A person strolling down a Fort Price avenue was shot and severely wounded Sunday night time after exchanging phrases with a driver of a automobile that approached him, Fort Price police mentioned.

The sufferer advised authorities he was shot by a passenger within the automobile.

The suspects fled the scene of the drive-by taking pictures, and the person walked to a pal’s residence to hunt medical help, police mentioned. The person was taken to a hospital in steady situation.

Nobody has been arrested and police didn’t launch any info on what was mentioned in the course of the change of phrases.

Police responded to the decision simply earlier than 7:30 p.m. Sunday within the 3300 block of Gordon Avenue. Firefighters and MedStar personnel additionally responded.

Officers realized that the person had been strolling eastbound on Orange Avenue towards Gordon Avenue when a automobile approached and phrases have been exchanged between the sufferer and the driving force.

The sufferer said that, with out warning, the suspect, an unknown man who was a passenger within the automobile, pulled a gun and fired it, placing the sufferer as soon as in the proper elbow, police mentioned.

Detectives with the gun violence unit and gang unit are investigating the taking pictures.