Car Involved In Silver Spring Crash Was Stolen: Police

SILVER SPRING, MD — A car that was involved in a two-vehicle crash near downtown Silver Spring Thursday morning was stolen, according to Montgomery County police.

At about 7:18 a.m., police responded to the 300 block of Wayne Avenue for a report of a vehicle collision involving a 1999 Subaru Impreza SW and a 2016 Honda Pilot. When officers checked inside the Subaru, they found a boy suffering from traumatic injuries. At first, police said they thought he may have been shot.

"When we got here we found that the driver of the late model Subaru took off and left the guy in the back seat and (when) we were looking at the guy in the back seat (he appears to be) the victim of a shooting," Montgomery County spokesperson Capt. Thomas C. Jordan said, according to the Prince George's Sentinel.

The Subaru was subsequently reported stolen, police said.

As a result, both Silver Spring International Middle School and Sligo Creek Elementary School were ordered to shelter-in-place as investigators tried to piece together what had happened, the Sentinel reports.

The boy in the Subaru was taken to a local hospital in serious condition, where medical staff determined his injuries were a result of the crash, not a shooting.

Four additional victims in the Honda were also taken to a local hospital, but with non-life-threatening injuries.

Detectives urge anyone with information to call the Central Auto Theft Section at 240-773-6370. Anonymous tipsters can call the county's Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477) or enter a tip online. Crime Solvers is offering a cash reward of up to $10,000 for information that leads to an arrest.