St. Mary's Co. Weekend Shooting in Lexington Park Under Investigation

newsBot · Oct 2, 2023

LEONARDTOWN, MD (October 2, 2023) – On Sunday, October 1, 2023, at 12:14 a.m., Deputies from the St. Marys County Sheriff’s Office responded to an apartment in the 46000 block of Hilton Drive in Lexington Park, MD, and located a 21-year-old male victim suffering from gunshot wounds to his upper right thigh and upper right bicep.

Deputies Ryan McLean and Toni Huntsinger administered lifesaving first aid, applying a tourniquet, until the victim was flown to the University of Maryland Capitol Regional Medical Center in Largo for surgery.

Detectives from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division and the Crime Lab are investigating.

Anyone with information about this event is asked to contact Det. Taylore Nauman, and reference Case 54616-23, at Taylore.nauman@stmaryscountymd.gov or 301-475-4200, ext. 8109.

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