Patrol Officer Provides Lifesaving Care to Teen Shot in Chest

A Prince George’s County Police Department patrol officer is credited with providing critical care to a teenage shooting victim Friday night that kept the victim’s lung from collapsing.

Police say the shooting likely stemmed from an argument about 8:50 p.m. in the 5300 block of Sheriff Road in Fairmount Heights. Officers found the teenage victim suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest in a parking lot near the intersection of Sheriff Road and Eastern Avenue.

One of the responding patrol officers, Officer Brandon Farley of the District III station in Landover, immediately recognized the victim’s injuries were severe. Farley grabbed his department-issued trauma kit and was able to seal the chest wound. The victim was then rushed to a hospital, where he was last reported in critical but stable condition.

Medical personnel at the hospital said Farley’s quick thinking and timely medical aid stabilized the victim and prevented his lung from collapsing.

Just this year all PGPD officers have been trainedin the use of these trauma kits. Patrol officers have successfully provided life-saving care several times using these medical kits.

Detectives would like to talk to anyone who saw or may have information on the shooting. The suspect is a black male with a medium build. The suspect may have been wearing a blue Helly Hanson jacket, dark pants and black boots at the time of the shooting.

The suspect fled in a dark-colored, four-door car.