Bus stop pellet gun attack a hoax

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Howard County police confirmed today that two boys confessed Monday night to lying about being shot with pellets at an Elkridge bus stop last week.

Police responded with increased patrols after an 11-year-old Mayfield Woods Middle School student said he was shot in the eyelid at the bus stop at the corner of Joetta Drive and Deep Run Boulevard on Wednesday morning.

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