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Ocean City Shooting Probe Intensifies as Victim Refuses to Cooperate

The Major Crimes Unit is advancing the inquiry despite the 18-year-old’s decision not to assist investigators.

Ocean City's downtown fireworks display seen from across the Isle of Wight Bay.
File photo of police lights

Overview

  • Officers responded to gunfire near 28th Street and Philadelphia Avenue around 12:46 a.m. Saturday and found an 18-year-old Cambridge resident shot in the arm.
  • Ocean City EMS treated the victim on scene before transporting him to TidalHealth Peninsula Regional with non-life-threatening injuries.
  • The victim has declined to cooperate with investigators, complicating evidence gathering.
  • The Criminal Investigation Division’s Major Crimes Unit has assumed control of the case and is actively pursuing leads with no arrests made.
  • The shooting occurred days after a Fourth of July boardwalk fireworks scare, reflecting heightened holiday-weekend safety tensions in the resort town.