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Micah Ricks is facing multiple counts of attempted murder in connection to the Hagerstown shooting of Deangelo Rouzer.
Shortly before 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 28, officers were called to the 100 block of East Washington Street, where they investigated a reported shooting involving the teen and treated the 41-year-old man for a gunshot wound to the leg.
According to a spokesperson from the Hagerstown Police Department, Ricks was identified as a suspect by investigators and took off on foot before being taken into custody in the 300 block of Liberty Street.
It is believed to have been a targeted attack. It was later determined that the two knew each other.
Rouzer was taken to Meritus Medical Center for treatment and evaluation of multiple non-life-threatening gunshot wounds.
The Hagerstown teen was charged as an adult with:
Attempted first- and second-degree murder;
- First- and second-degree assault;
- Reckless endangerment;
- Multiple weapons offenses.
He's being held at the Washington County Detention Center.
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