Crime & Safety
2 Teens Charged in Stabbing at WaWa in Millersville
An 18-year-old victim sustained non life-threatening injuries.
Police have charged two teens in a stabbing at a WaWa gas station in Millersville Friday night that sent an 18-year-old to Shock Trauma.
Officers arrived at the WaWa at 8200 Veterans Highway around 6 p.m. Friday and spoke with an 18-year-old male victim who said he was stabbed in the parking lot, according to a release.
The victim told police he was the passenger in a truck leaving the WaWa parking lot when four suspects pulled behind the victim’s truck in a black Mitsubishi. After words were exchanged, police said a passenger from the suspect vehicle exited the car and approached the driver of the truck with an alleged Taser. The victim exited the truck and confronted the first suspect and a fight broke out.
Police said the driver of the suspect vehicle ran up behind the victim and punched him once in the side. Then all four suspects re-entered their vehicle and fled south on Veterans Highway. The victim then discovered he had been stabbed.
The victim was transported to University of Maryland Sock Trauma with a collapsed lung, but is expected to survive.
An investigation led police to arrest two people including a 17-year-old.
Police said Robert Michael Dupree, 19, of the 200 block of Scotts Manor Drive in Millersville was charged with second-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, disorderly conduct and reckless endangerment.
The 17-year-old male from Millersville, was cited on a juvenile citation with second-degree assault, disorderly conduct and reckless endangerment, according to a release.
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