Update – 3:50 p.m. – A man in his mid 20s was found shot in the leg on the Rockville campus of Montgomery College Tuesday morning.
Maj. Michael England of the Rockville City Police Department said the man, who was found around 10 a.m., appears to have suffered a single gunshot wound and that his injuries are nonlife-threatening. England said the man was transported to a local hospital. He added that the shooting did not happen on the Rockville campus and that the victim is not cooperating with police.
England said the man flagged down a motorist in the 900 bluck Hungerford Drive after he was shot and the driver brought him to the college’s campus after calling 911.
Police located the injured man in Lot 9 on the campus. Police believe the shooting is an isolated incident and there is no threat to students or faculty at the college. Police have not yet released the victim's name.
Montgomery College, on its Facebook page, acknowledged that a person was found shot in the leg on campus, but said the campus is secure. “The apparent shooting DID NOT HAPPEN ON CAMPUS and there is no safety threat to the Rockville campus,” the college said in the Facebook post.
England said police are in the early stages of an investigation and do not know where the shooting occurred, who the shooter is or what the motive is behind the shooting. He said Rockville police will be leading the investigation.
At Montgomery College: police are on scene where a person was found with gunshot injury in car. @mymcmedia pic.twitter.com/sSlBncpmay
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