Bladensburg (US), Jul 14 (AP) Police are investigating a shooting Friday in a Maryland suburb of the nation's capital that shut down area roads.

Images from the scene showed a heavy police presence on a bridge that crosses the Anacostia River in Bladensburg, about a mile east of the Maryland line with Washington, D.C.

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Bladensburg police announced plans for an afternoon news conference to discuss the shooting, But authorities did not release any details about how many people were shot, the seriousness of their injuries or the circumstances surrounding the shooting.

Officials with the neighboring Edmonston Police Department said they were assisting with the investigation. They said the shooting was an isolated incident and didn't pose an ongoing threat to public safety. (AP)

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