Posted at 11:38 AM ET, 04/21/2010

Shots fired at U.S. marshals in Bowie

By Washington Post editors

UPDATED:
Crime Scene is reporting that the U.S. Marshals and Prince George’s County police have initiated a barricade outside a Bowie home where marshals trying to serve a warrant heard shots Wednesday morning, authorities said.

The marshals were trying to serve a warrant at a home on 9th street about 10 a.m. when someone heard shots, said Dave Oney, a U.S. Marshals spokesman. No one appears to have been hit outside.

Stay with Crime Scene for updates.

11:19 a.m.

Shots were fired Wednesday at U.S. Marshals attempting to serve a warrant at a home in Bowie. ABC 7 reports.

No one was hit.

Law enforcement officials have surrounded the home near 9th Street and Maple Avenue.