BOWIE -- The 13-year-old boy critically wounded by the Washington-area sniper outside his school in Bowie more than a month ago has been released from the hospital.
The boy, whose name has not been released because he is a witness to a crime, left Children's National Medical Center in Washington on Monday, said hospital spokeswoman Marissa Garis. She would not say where he went or if follow-up treatment would be needed.
The teen was hit by a single bullet in front of Benjamin Tasker Middle School and suffered chest and abdominal wounds. The bullet damaged his spleen, stomach, pancreas, lung and diaphragm, parts of which had to be removed.
The bullet was linked to serial sniper suspects John Allen Muhammad, 41, and John Lee Malvo, 17, as part of a three-week string of shootings in the Washington area that left 10 people dead and three wounded. They are suspected in more than a half-dozen other shootings around the country.
Businesses in Bowie have been collecting donations to help cover the boy's medical costs.
The last sniper victim still hospitalized, a man wounded Oct. 19 outside an Ashland, Va., steakhouse, is continuing to improve after suffering injuries to his abdominal organs.
The boy, whose name has not been released because he is a witness to a crime, left Children's National Medical Center in Washington on Monday, said hospital spokeswoman Marissa Garis. She would not say where he went or if follow-up treatment would be needed.
The teen was hit by a single bullet in front of Benjamin Tasker Middle School and suffered chest and abdominal wounds. The bullet damaged his spleen, stomach, pancreas, lung and diaphragm, parts of which had to be removed.
The bullet was linked to serial sniper suspects John Allen Muhammad, 41, and John Lee Malvo, 17, as part of a three-week string of shootings in the Washington area that left 10 people dead and three wounded. They are suspected in more than a half-dozen other shootings around the country.
Businesses in Bowie have been collecting donations to help cover the boy's medical costs.
The last sniper victim still hospitalized, a man wounded Oct. 19 outside an Ashland, Va., steakhouse, is continuing to improve after suffering injuries to his abdominal organs.