Police charge teen as adult in mall shooting
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Posted: 09/30/2012
WOODLAWN, Md. (WMAR) -
Baltimore County Police have arrested and charged a 17-year-old boy as an adult after a shooting in a mall parking lot.
Around 11:00 p.m. on Friday, police and fire crews responded to a parking lot at Security Square Mall in Woodlawn for a shooting.
When officers arrived on the scene, they found a man suffering from a gun shot wound.
Police say the shooting happened just in front of the mall entrance.
Upon further investigation, police identified 17-year-old Rickey Jerome Freeman of the 7500 block of Reserve Circle as the suspect.
Shawn Vinson, spokesperson with the Baltimore County Police Department, says Freeman is charged with attempted first-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence.
Freeman is being charged as an adult and held without bail.
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