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Suitland High School student shot during altercation [VIDEO]

SUITLAND, MD—Suitland High School was placed on lockdown on Thursday morning after a student was shot during an altercation outside of the school.

At around 10 a.m., officers with the Prince George’s County Police Department responded to a non-fatal shooting in the 5200-block of Silver Hill Road.

Authorities say a student was shot during a physical altercation outside of the school building.

The assigned School Resource Officers were on-site and provided emergency care to the victim, a ninth-grader, who was hospitalized.

Video of the altercation and subsequent shooting can be viewed below.

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