A 16-year-old boy injured in a shooting Thursday afternoon told police he was shot while walking a dog, according to law enforcement sources.
Greenbelt police went to the intersection of Mathew Street and Ore Glen Drive after 2 p.m. for reports of a shooting, according to a police spokesperson. The teen is being treated for non-life-threatening at a hospital.
A house was also struck by several bullets.
“It's just ‘boom, boom, boom, boom, boom’ – a series of big sounds. Everybody in the neighborhood just went out,” said May Sun, who lives in the home that was struck by bullets.
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Sun said that she was resting with her husband when all of a sudden she heard the sound of those bullets piercing through her home.
“I feel so horrified. It’s never happened before this is the first time," she said.
Law enforcement sources tell News4 that a 16-year-old boy was walking his dog when he was shot.
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He was taken to the hospital by a family member and suffered non-life threatening injuries. Attempts to reach the boy’s family on Friday were unsuccessful.
“I just saw the boy run up here and the mother just asked him, ‘Did you get hurt? Are you bleeding?’” Sun said.
Sun walked us through her home to show us the damage. In her bathroom, one of the bullets shattered the window and hit her shower.
Her husband had to dig the bullet out of the wall. The event has left the couple considering moving out.
“If I were taking a shower at that time, I would have definitely been shot by the bullet," Sun said.
Police have not said if they believe this was a targeted attack or not. That information is still being worked out as investigators are still looking for the person responsible for firing those bullets.
