WASHINGTON – Montgomery County Police are investigating whether a report of shots fired near an elementary school and a shooting victim found at an emergency care clinic are connected.

Gunshots were reported to be heard near Stedwick Elementary School in Montgomery Village just before 5 p.m. Monday.

Not long after, a shooting victim was taken to the Germantown Emergency Care Center by private car.

According to initial reports from police, the injured man was in in serious condition.

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