Here's the car police say 3 men were shot in along Rt. 50 in Cheverly around 3pm. Lots of bulletholes & broken glass @WTOP pic.twitter.com/UXIKH42YhT
— Michelle Basch (@mbaschWTOP) February 16, 2017
I'm along Route 50 near Columbia Park Rd. exit where Prince George's Co. Police are investigating a shooting https://t.co/RNMgaEDhpq @WTOP pic.twitter.com/MOIcB1cTxy
— Michelle Basch (@mbaschWTOP) February 16, 2017
WASHINGTON — Three men were shot in a car Thursday afternoon, closing the eastbound lanes of U.S. 50 in Prince George’s County, Maryland, for several hours Thursday afternoon.
The eastbound lanes of U.S. 50 reopened shortly before 8 p.m.
Police got a call about the shooting on U.S. 50 near the off ramp to Columbia Park Road in Cheverly, Maryland, around 3 p.m. When they responded, they found three men with gunshot wounds, said Officer Tyler Hunter, a police spokesman.
Prince George’s County Fire/EMS transported the victims to an area hospital. They appear to have non-life-threatening injuries, Hunter said.
The car the victims were in at the time of the shooting was riddled with bullet holes. Broken glass and shell casings surrounded the vehicle. More shell casings were found along the road. Police even checked the tires of cars near the crime scene to see if they had driven over the casings.
The investigation had closed all lanes of eastbound U.S. 50 between Md. 201 and Columbia Park Road and all but one lane of westbound U.S. 50. All lanes reopened Thursday evening.
Police say they have no suspect description or possible motive yet in the shooting, but they did say it was not random.
“We’re trying to establish whether this was some type of road rage incident or whether this was stemming from groups of individuals who may have known each other,” Hunter said.
Police are asking anyone with information about the case to contact them at 301-352-1200.
Officials have not released any additional details about the shooting at this time.
WTOP’s Michelle Basch contributed to this report from Cheverly.
