5 shot after Maryland high school senior skip day turns violent: 'What is the world coming to?'
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Five people were shot in Greenbelt, Maryland, during a high school senior skip day party at a park, police said in a Friday evening press conference.  The shooting happened at Hanover Parkway in Prince George's County.  Hundreds of students were gathered for the party before shots rang out around 2:30 p.m., Greenbelt Police Chief Rick Bowers said.  "My heart breaks for them. These are just kids trying to have a good time," Bowers said of the victims, who ranged in age from 16 to 18.  LOUISIANA...

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