Police Ask Residents To Check Home Surveillance Footage After Teen Shot In Abingdon

ABINGDON, MD — Detectives are asking neighbors living on Longridge Court to check home surveillance videos after a teen was shot in that area Sunday night.

On Dec. 15 shortly before 6 p.m., Harford County sheriff's deputies were called to the South Tollgate Road and Westover Lane area for a report of a shooting. At the same time, the victim called 911 to report that he'd been shot. The victim, a 17-year-old boy, was taken by a friend to University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, where deputies found him a short time later with a non-fatal gunshot wound to his upper body, according to the sheriff's office.

During the investigation, it was determined that the shooting happened outside a home in the area of Longridge Court but no other details have been disclosed by the sheriff's office.

Anyone with information about this crime, or who may have video of the incident, or activity that could be related to the shooting, is asked to call Detective Smith with the Harford County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division at 443-409-3576.