Teen boy shot on Lottsford Road in Largo, police seek black sedan

Prince George’s County police were on the 8800 block of Lottsford Road in Largo Tuesday night after a teenage boy was shot near Largo Metro Station. Officers were called around 7:30 p.m., and the boy was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Investigators said the suspect vehicle was a black sedan seen heading toward Landover Road. Police had not released additional information about the shooter, a possible motive or whether anyone had been taken into custody. The scene put another stretch of Lottsford Road under scrutiny in an area that has repeatedly drawn emergency calls and homicide investigations.

The shooting lands in a corridor where youth violence has become an especially painful public-safety issue. In a county of nearly 900,000 residents, Prince George’s County Police Department is the fourth largest law enforcement agency in Maryland, and its response in Largo reflects how heavily that part of the county relies on police visibility around transit, apartment complexes and major roadways.

The Largo area has also been tied to other recent deadly cases. Police investigated a fatal shooting in the 9600 block of Lottsford Court in Largo on Nov. 30, 2024. In a separate case last March, a teenage suspect was charged in connection with a fatal shooting, and the victim was identified as 39-year-old Leo Addison of Largo.

That history gives Tuesday’s shooting sharper weight for families near Lottsford Road and the Largo Metro Station, where a gunfire call can quickly ripple through the neighborhood, disrupt evening travel and heighten fears about what young people are seeing and surviving in the same public spaces. With the suspect still unaccounted for and the vehicle description still circulating, the investigation remains active and the safety concerns around that corridor remain immediate.