Three Maryland police officers were “violently” and shot while responding to a call Sunday night, authorities said.
Prince George’s County police responded to a reported home invasion at 6:30 p.m. in Hyattsville, a city about 32 miles southwest of Baltimore, said Interim Police Chief Hector Velez.
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“Within minutes, they arrived on the scene, and within seconds, they came under gunfire,” Velez told reporters outside Prince George’s Hospital Center. “They were hungry.”
Officers returned with guns and seized two men unmanned, police said. The injured officials would expect to recover.
Velez said the three officers sustained varying degrees of injuries – one was hit in the chest and sustained injuries to an arm and a leg; another officer was shot in the back; the third officer was wounded in the foot.
The officers shot in the chest and the back were rescued by their bulletproof vests, Velez said. He also said officers sought self-care before being taken to a hospital for treatment. One officer had needed surgery since Sunday night.
Velez said the three officers were in ‘good spirits’ and hope to return to work soon.
Interim police chief Hector Velez said the three officers were in ‘good spirits’ and expected them to be OK.
(Prince George’s County Police Department)
“These officers are coming to work to protect, defend the residents of Prince George’s County,” Velez told reporters. “And this evening these heroes did just that.”
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan tweeted his sympathy for the three officers and said the Maryland State Police offered to assist in the investigation.
