A 15-year-old boy was hospitalized Thursday after being assaulted near Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) radio transmissions and a statement from Rockville police.
Police and MCFRS crews responded to an area of Wootton Parkway near Rockshire Place and Hurley Avenue, about a quarter mile from the school shortly before noon for the report of an assault. According to an MCFRS radio transmission from first responders to Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, the teen was chased by a group of individuals who allegedly struck him with sticks and kicked him multiple times.
The teen was classified as a priority 2 patient, which according to Maryland protocols means he suffered a potentially life-threatening injury requiring emergency medical attention, though not considered immediately life-threatening, and was transported to Suburban Hospital in Bethesda…