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Man dead, child injured at Prince George’s football game shooting

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A man was killed and a 5-year-old injured in a shooting at a youth football game at Potomac High School on Saturday morning.

Prince George’s Police Chief Malik Aziz said at a news conference Saturday afternoon that a football game for 7-year-olds was taking place at the high school when two people got into a verbal altercation in the stands. The dispute escalated into a shooting. The individual shot a man and a 5-year-old around 11:20 a.m. Police said the suspect fled after the shooting.

Both were transported to the hospital where the man was pronounced dead. The 5-year-old is receiving treatment for non-life-threatening injuries.

Aziz said that the two people in the altercation knew each other and the dispute was over something that had happened outside the game. “And [they] brought it to a game where young people, 7-year-olds, were playing a football game, out enjoying this beautiful day with their families,” Aziz said.

He said the homicide unit is investigating the shooting.

“The work we have to do in this moment is not just reactive,” County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks (D) said at the news conference. “We really have to continue as a community, and we have to do so in partnership with neighboring jurisdictions, to make sure we are doing everything in our power to remove guns from our communities.”

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