A woman is in critical condition after a shooting inside a Bowie, Maryland, home Thursday, police said.
A caller reported the shooting at about 4:20 p.m., police said. Bowie police officers and Prince George鈥檚 County Fire and EMS went to the 8500 block of Myrtle Avenue and found a woman in a bedroom with a gunshot wound to her upper body.
The first responders provided lifesaving care before she was taken to a hospital in critical condition, Bowie Deputy Police Chief Robert Liberati said during a briefing.
Police arrested a suspect at the scene and found a weapon believed to have been used in the shooting. According to the police, the suspect and victim were in a romantic relationship.
“Our preliminary investigation reveals this is a tragic domestic crime, and there is no outstanding threat to the community,” Liberati said.
He also said children were inside the home at the time but declined to say how many, or whether any of them witnessed the shooting.
Bowie police and the Prince George鈥檚 County State鈥檚 Attorney鈥檚 Office are investigating.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a serious incident here and throughout the whole country,” Liberati said. “Unfortunately, what鈥檚 in a family sometimes stays behind closed doors, and we don鈥檛 find out about it until something tragic occurs.鈥�
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