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Teen To Be Charged As Adult With Attempted Murder For Targeted Shooting In Maryland, Police Say

A 17-year-old is being charged as an adult after a person was shot in the middle of the day in Hagerstown, police say.

Micah Ricks

Micah Ricks

Photo Credit: Hagerstown Police Department
Hagerstown Police

Hagerstown Police

Photo Credit: Hagerstown Police Department via Instagram

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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