UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — Police are investigating a shooting outside an Upper Marlboro high school Friday night.
According to the Prince George's County Police Department, the shooting happened outside Wise High School.
Two people were wounded in the shooting, a man and a woman. Both were taken to an area hospital. The police department said the woman is in stable condition, while the man died of his injuries.
The man was later identified by police as 24-year-old Shahid Omar Jr, from Upper Marlboro.
WUSA9 spoke to Omar's cousin Saturday afternoon in Wise High School's parking lot. He said Omar had a young daughter and was expecting another child.
Very little information is available regarding the shooting at this time, including any possible motive or what may have happened in the moments leading up to the shooting.
Prince George's County Police say officers patrolling the parking lot of Wise High School left 30 seconds before the shooting and heard the gunfire.
“Actually, they were the ones who actually initiated the initial call to our dispatch. That’s when everybody started getting responded. No citizens called 911, our officer initiated the call," said Captain Sukhjit Batth, the Acting Commander with the Major Crimes Division. "They quickly turned around, returned to the scene, were flagged down by citizens who were actually performing life saving measures on a female adult victim.”
Police have not released any information regarding the shooters at this time, however, officials have confirmed that a gun was found in the area.
WUSA9 Alexis Wainwright was at the school to attend a vigil held for three Wise High School alumni who were killed in a car crash last weekend. Vikings rookie Khyree Jackson and two of his former high school teammates – Isaiah Hazel and Anthony "AJ" Lytton Jr. – were killed in a crash when a speeding, possibly drunk driver crashed an Infiniti into their car.
Police have not connected the vigil to the shooting.