Crime & Safety
Armed Robbery On Football Field Prompts Lockdown At High School: Hyattsville Police
An armed robbery unfolded on a high school football field in Hyattsville this week, prompting a lockdown.
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — An armed robbery that unfolded on the football field at Northwestern High School in Hyattsville Wednesday prompted a lockdown Wednesday.
The Hyattsville Police Department tweeted that the incident happened around 1 p.m. No one was injured.
According to DC News Now, school officials sent a letter to families saying that the school was placed on lockdown from 1:35 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. while police and school security searched the building. A student was targeted on the football field and police initially believed the armed robber ran back into the school, which led to the lockdown being implemented.
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Police did catch one of the suspects who is a student, but the suspect was unarmed.
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