Greenbelt police investigate shots fired near Roosevelt Center, no injuries reported

A neighborhood near Roosevelt Center was rattled by gunfire just after 8 p.m. Saturday, when Greenbelt police were called to 23 Court Ridge Road after reports of shots fired.

Witnesses told police they saw two people running away from the area and toward Roosevelt Center after the shooting. Officers recovered bullet casings at the scene, but they did not find any shooting victims and had made no arrests by Saturday night.

Police have not said whether anyone was targeted, and they had not identified suspects or described a motive as of Saturday evening. Investigators were left to piece together the sequence of events from shell casings and witness accounts, a sign the scene may have been chaotic even though no injuries were reported.

The call landed in one of Greenbelt’s most visible parts of the city. Roosevelt Center is both a civic and commercial anchor, with steady foot traffic from residents, shoppers and people moving through the area, which makes any gunfire there feel especially disruptive. Police asked anyone with information to call Greenbelt police at 301-474-7200.

The shooting also comes against a broader public-safety backdrop in Greenbelt. The city’s May 2025 crime statistics showed 25 robberies, 38 aggravated assaults and 497 total offenses year to date, and the police report divides the city into sectors including Greenbelt Center and the Franklin Park area. That framework reflects how Greenbelt monitors crime block by block, but it also underscores that residents are still living with a citywide tally of violent and property crime that police track closely.

For many in Greenbelt, the latest shots-fired call recalls more serious violence elsewhere in the city. In October 2025, three people were fatally shot over one weekend in the Franklin Park area, including Juan Gonzalez, Carltin Bayong and Mancel Johnson. Earlier, in April 2024, five teenagers were shot at Schrom Hills Park after a crowd of 500 to 600 young people gathered there, prompting responses from Greenbelt police, Prince George’s County police, Berwyn Heights police and Maryland State Police.

Taken together, those incidents suggest Saturday’s case near Roosevelt Center was isolated in the sense that no injuries were reported, but it was not the kind of event Greenbelt can easily dismiss. In a city that has seen shootings disrupt both neighborhood streets and public gathering spots, the unanswered questions around 23 Court Ridge Road carry real weight for the people who live, work and spend time nearby.