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.