A man was injured Thursday after a shooting outside his home Thursday afternoon in Hyattsville, police said.
Authorities responded to the 3400 block of Dodge Park Road following the report of the shooting. Upon arrival, they found that Melkin Urbina, a 27-year-old builder who had just entered the country, was the victim of the incident.
The units transferred him to the hospital, but did not provide details about his state of health.
Urbina’s brother, Gadiel, told Telemundo 44 the moment of the events.
“When I came, the ambulance was already taking him away. He always went out to sit down a lot,” he said.
Other neighbors say they recognize the possible perpetrators because it is not the first time they have come to the area. They even show the posters with which information is requested to stop them.
“They are dark-haired youngsters who always come here because one day they came by and asked me for the time, but they were looking at my phone. I’ve seen them come by for two weeks,” said a resident who preferred to remain anonymous.
This incident had initially been linked to a carjacking, but the victim’s relative pointed out that he could have simply been on the street because he had no call to work today.
If you have information that helps clarify the case, you can contact the Hyattsville Police at (301) 985-5060.
This incident is the third after two other shootings were reported in Maryland on Thursday. The first claimed the life of a man in a residential complex on Palmer Street in Fort Washington at 5:20 p.m.
The second occurred half an hour later where another man died in the Naylor Street parking lot in Hillcrest Heights.
