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**Community Notice**  The purpose of this e-mail is to make you aware of an incident that occurred off-campus near the University of Maryland, Co

**Community Notice** The purpose of this e-mail is to make you aware of an incident that occurred off-campus near the University of Maryland, College Park campus. The following is a synopsis of an incident reported to the Prince George's County Police Department. INCIDENT:                Off-Campus Commercial Robbery with a Weapon OCCURRED:             May 29, 2020 / Approximately 11:48 a.m.

A UMD Community Text Alert was sent for an off-campus shooting that occurred in the 8700 block of Baltimore Avenue, on April 18, 2020. For information about the text alerts, visit https://alert.umd.edu/alerts . The Prince George's County Police Department is conducting the investigation for this incident. ###

Below is a message from Chief Mitchell that was sent yesterday to all members of the department. 

The Governor of Maryland has issued a Stay-at-Home Order that goes into effect at 8 p.m., March 30, 2020. “The order states that no Maryland resident should leave their home unless it is for an essential job or for an essential reason, such as obtaining food or medicine, seeking urgent medical attention, or for other necessary purposes.” Details: https://go.umd.edu/iDP ###