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[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, him which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] from abc 7 news, this is a breaking alert. anchor: we have breaking news out of palmer park maryland. has been shot outside of the district three headquarters near barlow wrote. cheryl conner is there live tonight. what we know is when prince george's county police officer is in critical condition following a shooting that we are hearing happened inside the station. this is on barlow road. we are on the intersection of 202 and barlow wrote. police officers are holding us back from the area. a large police presence is in the area. for
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all over the landover area. police officers have been going up and down martin luther king boulevard and 202 when it became obvious that they were on to someone. we heard that one suspect is now in custody. what we know is one police officer has been shot, is in critical condition. is in hearing one suspect custody. this may still be an active situation in terms of a shooter. still at large. we don't know if all of the suspects that police are looking for are in custody. i want to tell you that sources close to my colleague tell me that three others were shot in addition to that police officer and the circumstances involving unclear at this point. it does not appear to be an attack on an -- on
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situation and we are learning a lot of new information. what we know for sure is a police officer is in critical condition and one suspect is in custody but this entire area is still an active scene. if you live in this area of landover, you're asked to stay in place, inside your home. we don't know if all of the suspects are in custody. just pastan ambulance behind you over your shoulder. we can tell this is an ongoing, active situation. we also have a reporter in prince george's at the hospital. get anr: we expect to update shortly. we have been told the stay here in front of the promise center and someone will be out to talk to a shortly. we don't know anything new. we know the officer was brought here in critical condition. we can tell you that there has been
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outside the hospital. both playing close and uniformed officers. waiting for word. about 20 minutes or so, a number of officers were taken inside the hospital. we don't know if there is a briefing or something else going on. evidence folks going in with cameras and the kinds of bags you use to collect evidence. a very active part of the investigation is going on here. we are for information on the condition of the officer. we expect to get that here in front of the promise center and we will bring that to you live as and as we get that. will check back in with you soon. our triple team coverage continues. brad bell is joining us on the newsline. what are your sources telling you about this shooting? cheryl told us it happened inside the police station. brad:
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police are still trying to figure out exactly what is going on. first and foremost, the condition of the officer. it is not good. we understand it is a young officer who is in grave condition that could have been shot in the chest. it turned into a shooter. what we understand, and this is all subject to change because lease themselves are still trying to figure out what happened. we understand that at least two, and possibly three suspects showed up at the district three station on barlow road and they opened fire. there are different accounts as to whether one of the suspects made it into the building or if they were kept outside. thate sources telling me they made it inside the building, firing rounds. at this moment, right now, prince george's county swat team members are in those police buildings trying to clear them to make sure t
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ongoing danger. it is still a very active scene. cheryl is not able to see it from her location and that is the reason why. police do not know exactly how many shooters their work. i am hearing -- how many shooters there were. we are also hearing different information about their weaponry. a number ofm sources that say they were heavily armed and also had some form of protective gear. this was an ambush. suggested itcation was something else but now it appears to be an ambush targeting that police station. as for the number of people head, we don't know at this point. the most
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serious injury was suffered by the young police officer that it is possible as well that one of the suspects may as well be injured. i have heard from sources that a suspect essentially turned himself in at a popeye's restaurant about a half-mile or maybe a mile or so from police headquarters. the bottom line now is that we know of at least one officer who has been hit, very gravely wounded in the hunt for additional suspects is ongoing. it is possible that a second serious injury was suffered by the young police officer that it is possible as well that one of thesuspect is . it is a very fluid situation. it is not that we don't have the information to share, it is that the police are still kind of piece together what happened in this very chaotic scene. i am heading there now myself. when we get additional information, we will certainly bring it to you. kimberly: you have been inside this holy station at palme
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-- inside this police station at palmer park. what is the situation like in their, normally? brad: ey are public buildings get additional information, we will certainly bring it to you. kimberly: you have been inside this holy station at palmer park and people do need access to the public lobbies. county --he police prince george's police department headquarters. if you need to get into headquarters, you need a button code to get the door open. i don't know if someone shot at the -- prince george's police department headquarters. glass. we don't know in fact if someone did get inside or not. i have heard varying stories. i am reluctant to share anhing that might prove to be inaccurate but i have heard that a number of officers were at the district three headquarters. out on patrolyet because they had just completed a rollcall. i have heard that the shooting started and the police officers
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officers raced out to try threat and that is when the officer was hit. this could all change. the number of people hits, we just do not know. i have been told that perhaps a civilian was struck but again i do not know for sure. we really don't want to get to speculating. in terms of the buildings, they do have secure lobbies and once you get past the secure lobby, there are additional locks on each of the various doors inside. there are detectives and they have locks on their doors. department isde headquartered in a store and they too have their own interior locks. they are secure buildings, as here -- as secure as any can be.
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changes the whole game. kimberly: as you have noted and as we know from past incidents, shift change time can be vulnerable in the business of police work and security work. we will let you get back your social -- sources on the phone. thank you for pulling triple duty. we have three new screws out on the scene. in prince george's county, at the district three headquarters. onenow that at least officer has been shot and he is gravely injured. it was an ambush, a shoot out, and they are still searching potentially for more shooters. we are going to take at wegmans we believe the best way to help you is to provide choices that offer you the best pric,s
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up to speed if you are just now joining us. breaking news out of prince george's county where we know a prince george's county been shot. it happened at palmer park which is the headquarters for the prince george's county police. theces are telling us that shooting may have happened inside palmer park. some are saying it happened outside. according to brad bell, there could be multiple suspects with one in custody. there could also be multiple injuries also according to brad. the main officer that we know was shot in the chest. and was gravely injured and is at prince george's hospital right now. roz plater is live at the hospital awaiting word on his condition. we have cheryl conner live at the scene in palmer park awaiting details there. you can see it is a very active, fluid situation. police have the street blocked in front of their headquarters there.
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roadblocks out on the beltway as well. if you are in this area, not for from palmer park, you will know what is going on. roz plater at the hospital, cheryl conner on the scene and brad bell is on the way there. we will keep you updated on the breaking news situation in prince george's county where there was an ambush, issued out and an officer hit
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allegedly, the first suspect turned himself into police. we have just learned that a second suspect has also been apprehended. there could be more and prince george's county police are asking if you live in the landover area, or palmer park area, to shelter in place. there could be more gunman. there was an ambush at the prince george's county police headquarters at palmer park. these are live pictures of palmer park. the roads are shut down in the area. one officer has been shot and is in grave condition. updates coming in from our three reporters on the scene. we will take a quick break from the breaking news and checked in on the weather. pretty rainy andriy today. -- and dreary today.
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a second round is expected of rain. more rain coming for monday into tuesday. we did hit 60 degrees before the rain came. now, is the upper 50's in annapolis. let us get right to the rain. round one is done. in howard county and damascus. and west of montgomery county. and going further northwest, we see north of baltimore, the rain has been moving there. we do still have some lingering showers in leesburg, personal bill, and very though. round two, southwest of tampa. near washington, front royal, culpeper and whatsapp. that is moving our wait -- and woodstock. that is moving our way. is moving through and bringing a warm front. e
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systemd round of another will keep the cloud cover locked in place tomorrow. next rounds of rain coming through tomorrow morning. as well as monday night into tuesday. a second front, we will be cloudy and have drizzles. it will not be raining all day long. finally, tuesday afternoon will find the sunshine coming back out. here is a look at the rain coming out. and the next round coming in around 9:00 p.m. tonight. those showers will wrap up predawn. we will not get a lot of evaporation to kick in. chilly tomorrow. threat the day tomorrow, expect a lot of cloud cover. not a lot of rain. maybe a little drizzle or an isolated shower. temperatures held in the low to mid 50's. here is the final round of
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late monday night into tuesday morning. then it will be out of here as we wrap up the rush hour tuesday morning. another wet road day. before the sunshine on tuesday afternoon. abc 7 skied cast is showing the possibility of the morning rain activity. a low of only 49 with clouds in the early afternoon hours. we do have a lot of great skies. kimberly: certainly looking forward to the sunshine on tuesday. the wizards are looking forward to a win, somewhere. selection sunday, we will tell you wre you be a ends up in the tournament. we will tell you that next in sp
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>> and now, the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealer. robert: happy selection sunday. time to get your markets together. we will start with the ter ps. they will play south dakota state on friday. they went 26-7. maryland came in at fifth seed. we are live in college park. have you had a chance to speak to the team? maryland hascause watched this reveal in private. won the championship in 2002 in atlanta. marylandatched the --
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bracket in private. this year.five seed arguably, they have a much better team this year. they can't be too happy that we will see how it all shakes out. willke with the coach -- i speak with the coach and a few of the players tonight on abc seven sports final at 11:30 p.m. wait.er: can't as for virginia, as expected they are the number one seed and they will take on hampton in the midwest regional. they will be in raleigh, north carolina on thursday. uva finished up with 26-7. talking about some spring baseball. in florida, nationals and cardinals facing off. bryce harper, at the plate. bounces one over the first place -- first base bag. hustling hard.
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enact -- 1-0 nats after that. the cardinals would come back to tie the score. the game would end in a 4-4 tied. the wizards are imploding on their west coast road trip. they were outscored in the fourth quarter last night. they lose 116-100 they have now lost five in a row. they will be playing pistons who they trailed by 5.5 games in their final game. be sure to tune into sports sunday right here at 11:30 p.m. we are still following the breaking news out of prince george's county. we just saw that the police department does not believe there are any outstanding government.
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before we go, live pictures for you at palmer park. this is police headquarters for the prince george's county police department. we know there was an ambush and a shootout. one officer was shot in the chest and he is in the hospital in grave condition. we have tripled team coverage. seven, we will see you right back here at 11:00. eitherice officer shot in front of the station or inside. you can see help -- hugs there at the hospital. prayers and well wishes for the young police offic s
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