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Police-involved shooting at

Wheaton shopping center

A Montgomery County police officer fired his service weapon while responding to shoplifters leaving a Target store in Wheaton.

Police saw the getaway vehicle leaving the shopping center Tuesday evening, and one officer fired a service weapon. The vehicle was later found abandoned and there was no evidence the suspects were injured. One suspect was taken into custody inside the store.

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