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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53540-2002Oct7.html

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Boy, 13, Shot in Bowie, Md.

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Monday, October 7, 2002; 9:10 AM


A 13-year-old boy was critically injured Monday in a shooting outside Benjamin Tasker Middle School, according Prince George’s County fire and rescue officials.

The boy was wounded in the chest and abdomen, said Mark Brady of the fire department.

The boy’s mother brought him in her car to Bowie Health Center where a Maryland State Police helicopter was to fly the child to a hospital specializing in traumatic injuries in children, Brady said.

"The child is suffering from extensive blood loss and is in critical condition," Brady said.

Police received a call at 8:09 a.m. reporting the shooting, said Cpl. Robert Clark of the county police department. Police cars surrounded the building and officers put up crime scene tape and searched the campus.


© 2002 The Associated Press

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