Pr. George’s shooting involves 4- and 5-year-old playmates

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Scared by what had happened, the boy then ran into his family’s apartment and hid the gun, authorities said. Police eventually recovered the weapon, a handgun, inside the apartment, and detectives are investigating to determine who owns it and where it came from, authorities said.

The 4-year-old, who was shot in the back, was taken to a hospital. He is expected to survive, authorities said.

The incident happened just before 4 p.m., when officers were called to a low-rise apartment complex in the 4400 block of 23rd Parkway for a shooting, said Cpl. Mike Rodriguez, a Prince George’s County police spokesman. There, near the complex’s playground, they found the child with a gunshot wound, he said.

Rodriguez did not identify either boy, and he said it is unlikely detectives would seek charges against the shooter. He did say, however, that detectives were trying to determine how the child got the gun, and that the gun owner — or those who should have been supervising the boy — might face criminal charges.

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