Police in Maryland mentioned Thursday that they’re trying to find three individuals who beat and tried to shoot a boy on a Prince George’s County college bus Monday — a presumably deadly assault thwarted when the gun misfired.
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“One of many suspects displayed a handgun and tried to shoot the sufferer a number of instances however detectives imagine the weapon malfunctioned,” the assertion mentioned.
Photographs of the assault posted by police present three individuals, one armed, on the bus attacking an individual. The three assailants wore black hoodies, and their faces had been lined.
Police mentioned the sufferer, whom they didn’t title, suffered minor accidents, and two adults — a bus driver and a bus aide weren’t injured. Ammunition was recovered from the bus, in accordance with police.
Police mentioned the motive for the assault is beneath investigation and requested that anybody with details about the case contact them at 301-749-5064.
Meghan N. Gebreselassie, a spokesperson for Prince George’s County Public Colleges, mentioned in an e-mail that the college district would work with regulation enforcement to “guarantee security for all members of the PGCPS neighborhood.”
“We’re horrified by this incident and grateful that no lives had been misplaced,” she mentioned. “Our highest precedence is retaining college students, workers and households secure inside … lecture rooms, on college grounds and college buses.”
Martin Diggs, president of the union that represents Prince George’s college bus drivers, mentioned he’d been in contact with the bus driver, who was not but prepared to come back ahead.
“They don’t really feel snug speaking simply but,” he mentioned. “This has been a traumatic expertise for them.”
The varsity system must work with drivers to extend safety on buses and at depots, in accordance with Diggs. Fights and incidents involving weapons at colleges have left drivers alarmed.
“There was a small quantity of individuals on this bus,” he mentioned. “What if there was a busload of children?”
Prince George’s County police mentioned they had been investigating a separate incident Thursday after a 14-year-old eighth-grade scholar at G. James Gholson Center Faculty in Landover introduced a loaded gun on to high school property.
At about 11 a.m., police mentioned, they had been notified that safety personnel recovered the gun from a male scholar after a trainer noticed him with the weapon in a classroom and notified directors.
The coed might be charged with possession of a firearm and associated offenses, in accordance with police.
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Michigan State football heads out east looking to open Big Ten play with a big-time victory.
The Spartans will play at Maryland on Saturday afternoon in their first conference game of the year. Michigan State enters this matchup with a 1-0 record on the year following last week’s win over Florida Atlantic. Maryland is also 1-0 thus far on the season, picking up a blowout non-conference win over UConn last week.
Maryland enters this game as a more than touchdown favorite depending on the sports book. The Terps have won the last two meetings between these two schools.
Below are the details for Saturday’s matchup between the Spartans and Terps:
Game time: 3:30 p.m. ET on September 7
Location: SECU Stadium (College Park, Md.)
TV: Big Ten Network
Live Stream: fuboTV (try it free)
Listen: Spartan Media Network or MSUSpartans.com
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Suicide is the third leading cause of death for young people between the ages of 10 and 24 in Maryland. That’s according to a new suicide prevention action plan produced through the state’s Department of Health.
Suicide is the third leading cause of death for young people between the ages of 10 and 24 in Maryland. That’s according to a new suicide prevention action plan produced through the state’s Department of Health.
Scott Poland, the director of the Office of Suicide and Violence Prevention at Nova Southeastern University College of Psychology, talked to WTOP about the action plan he authored with his wife, Donna, who is a career educator.
The “Maryland Action Plan to Prevent Suicide in K-12 Schools” serves as a reference guide to school administrators and the community, and was developed in cooperation with the state health department’s Office of Suicide Prevention.
Poland said one thing that surprises people is that children as young as 8 years old may consider taking their own lives.
“I hear from school personnel all around the country (asking if they) have to take it seriously (if a fourth or fifth grader is talking about suicide). And the answer is absolutely yes,” Poland said.
Among the data points in the action plan is a survey of students in the “Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey of 2021/2022.” According to that survey, 21% of high school students “seriously considered suicide” in the past year, and 27% of middle schoolers considered suicide at some point in their lives.
Poland said it’s important to talk about suicide with young people, and that the idea that talking about it might encourage a young person to consider suicide is a “myth.”
“When we actually bring it up, it gives someone a chance to unburden themselves, to realize that they’re not alone, that there are alternatives and that there is help available,” Poland said.
But he said young people are most susceptible to imitating suicidal behavior: “It is important that we not glorify the suicide victim.”
Instead, Poland said, the emphasis after a suicide should be on healing those affected and helping them find appropriate ways to deal with their emotions and mental health.
The plan released this week includes providing intervention action plans for a young person who may be considering suicide.
“Part of that, of course, is removing lethal means and developing a written safety plan with them,” he said.
Poland said that can include helping people understand “the importance of calling 988, doing things that can calm themselves down,” and reaching out to the nearest trusted adult.
People can reach the national resource for crisis response services and suicide prevention by dialing 988.
Poland said social media is “wreaking havoc” on children’s emotional well-being, often making them feel “not smart enough, not rich enough, not good enough.” Poland said he’s currently working with the state of South Dakota on developing tools to help “young people be a little more mindful and make better decisions about their screen time.”
Poland said parents can help — when it comes to the hours and hours that many people spend online — by modeling healthy amounts of screen time themselves. And he said adults need to think about how they introduce technology to their kids.
“We’re in too (much of) a hurry to give kids smartphones and 24-hour internet access,” Poland said.
“I really have to compliment Maryland,” Poland said, on coming up with the new plan.
Poland said Maryland does not have an especially high rate of suicide, but “I think we all recognize that losing one young person to suicide is one too many.”
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