In response to several calls we’ve received here at the police station, I want to provide residents some information regarding shots being fired at about 1 AM Wednesday morning. At that time, officers from MRPD, Hyattsville PD, Prince George’s County PD and Bladensburg PD investigated the sound of shots in the area of 29th Street and Arundel Road in the Kaywood apartment complex. Officers on the scene heard approximately eight gunshots, and we received several reports from residents who heard them as well. The responding officers set up a perimeter around 29th and Arundel and thoroughly searched the area. We were not unable to locate any responsible individual(s), nor were we able to find any evidence of damage or injury, and no guns, shell casings or other ballistic evidence could be located.
September 4 th : 2500 block of Queens Chapel Road : Emergency petition – 4:50 am. Officers on patrol observed a highly intoxicated man walking through on-coming traffic carrying two 14” long kitchen knives. When the officers stopped the man and ordered him to drop the knives he refused and said that he wanted to die and was going to kill himself. The officers also observed that the man was bleeding from his mouth and had blood on the back of his shirt. A member of the man’s family arrived on the scene and convinced the man to drop the knives and, after a brief struggle officers were able to get him under control. Fire/rescue personnel arrived to transport the man to the hospital and during their on-scene evaluation officers observed that he had a large amount of shattered glass in his hair and on his face along with several long cut/scratch markings on his back just above his waist line. Medics took him to Washington Adventist Hospital where he was committed to medica...
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