Police shooting under investigation in District Heights; 3 carjacking suspects arrested

DISTRICT HEIGHTS, Md. - A Prince George's County police officer opened fire on a suspect inside a store in the Silver Hill Plaza Shopping Center Thursday afternoon. 

Officials said just after 3 p.m., the man who was shot, and another suspect got out of a carjacked car and entered Game Stop in the 5700 block of Silver Hill Road in District Heights. 

Detectives followed the men who were wearing masks, and allegedly spotted them behind the counter; one of them was reportedly armed with a gun. 

The department said that its officers announced themselves as police, and the suspects ran out the back of the store and into the parking lot. 

While in the parking lot, officials said, a detective shot one of the men in the lower body. He was taken to a local hospital, while the second suspect was caught and taken into police custody.

Two guns were recovered in the parking lot, and a third suspect who reportedly remained in the carjacked car left the scene after he allegedly rammed an unmarked police vehicle.

A D.C. police spokesperson told FOX 5, that man was arrested on Anacostia Road just before 3:30 p.m. 

PGPD investigators are still at the scene of the shooting. 

No officers were injured.

This is a developing story. Check back with FOX 5 for updates.