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Chillum Nightclub Shooting

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Suspect Charged with Shooting Off-Duty Officer

Officer Rachael Jacob suffers a gunshot wound to the leg in early morning incident Saturday at a nightclub.

Prince George's County police identified the officer shot outside of a Chillum nightclub early Saturday morning as Rachael Jacob, a four-year veteran of the county police force. According to police, Jacob was shot in the leg at about 12:30 a.m. on July 28 while working in uniform as a part-time security guard for the Galaxy nightclub at 2031 University Blvd. in Chillum.  The shooting came shortly after a man and two women were reportedly kicked out of the club for being disorderly. The trio then stepped into a white Honda nearby, at which point the driver fired several shots into the club entrance where Jacob was struck by a single round.  Officers returned fire as the Honda sped away, but it was stopped by police not too far down the road…

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Susan Gilliss

2:45 pm on Friday, May 17, 2013

Neo, this guy is my son and he is not dangerous to anyone. never judge by a book by it's cover. I wonder what you look like. I suppose you are perfect and you have never made a mistake! o yourself a favor, and read the Bible. never judge anyone until you have throughly looked at yourself.   more ›

Police Officer Shot at Chillum Nightclub

Police officer working second job suffers gunshot wound at area nightclub.

A shooting at a Chillum area nightclub early Saturday left one Prince George's County police officer shot, but expected to live.  "Our officer suffered non-life threatening injuries," according to a tweet from Julie Parker, public information officer for the Prince George's County Police Department.  According to Parker, an off-duty county police officer was injured while working a second job at the Galaxy Nightclub at 2031 University Boulevard shortly after 1 a.m. on Saturday, July 28. The officer was working "secondary employment," according to Parker.  According to Parker, this is the fifth time in roughly 18 months that a Prince George's County Police officer has been involved in a shooting incident. At least three subjects were …

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Michael Theis

8:07 pm on Tuesday, July 31, 2012

And if I used the Prince George's County Police Department's beat map as my geographical reference material, then I'd identify locations in my stories accordingly. But I don't. Because if I did, I'd have to describe crimes occurring in say, the Toledo Terrace area as in Hyattsville (The county A-5 beat encompasses all of Hyattsville as well as unincorporated areas just to the west of the city's …   more ›

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