Adult killed, child injured in shooting during football game at Maryland high school: Police
Police are still looking for the suspect who fled Potomac High School.
Police continue searching for a suspect who fled the scene after opening fire at a Maryland high school football game on Saturday morning, which left a man in the bleachers dead and a child wounded.
The incident took place outside Potomac High School in Oxon Hill around 11:20 a.m., Prince George's County Police said in a statement posted on X, formerly Twitter.
![PHOTO: Law enforcement officials are on the scene of a shooting near Potomac High School in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on June 15, 2024.](https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/807c5b37-8278-44c5-ae4e-cae5e4808a79/maryland-shooting-ht-jt-240615_1718476003410_hpEmbed_16x9.jpg)
Officers found the unidentified adult man "suffering from a gunshot wound(s)" and rushed him to the hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, according to the PGCPD.
A 5-year-old child was also wounded in the incident, police said.
"The child was driven to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries," the PGCPD said in a statement.
![PHOTO: Law enforcement officials are on the scene of a shooting near Potomac High School in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on June 15, 2024.](https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/a9db0bfb-cb51-4e36-a3a5-679a56c80685/maryland-shooting-main-ht-jt-240615_1718475678181_hpMain_16x9.jpg)
Police said that the shooting stemmed from an argument during the event, which was a non-profit fundraiser and not sponsored by the school.
The investigation is ongoing. Investigators asked anyone with information about the incident to call 1-866-411-TIPS.