Conditions improve for students shot in Maryland park on ‘senior skip day’

GREENBELT, Md. — Three of the five youths shot during a high school “senior skip day” assembly in a suburban Washington, D.C., park have been released from hospital, while the condition of the most seriously injured has improved, authorities said Saturday.

Police in Greenbelt, Maryland, are asking the public to share video footage or other information related to Friday’s shooting at Schrom Hills Park. Investigators believe there was one gunman who escaped into a crowd, but no arrests and no motive have been announced.

The shooting victims are between 16 and 18 years old. A juvenile who was in critical condition Friday was upgraded to stable condition, while another juvenile remained in stable condition, police said in a social media post.

Several hundred students were in the park engaging in a water gun fight — an annual tradition for area high school students, police said. Officers had arrived at the park before the shooting to monitor the event and reported hearing approximately eight to 10 gunshots.