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A police officer was shot early Tuesday morning at an elementary school that is being used as a polling location in Prince George's County.

Two officers responded to a burglar alarm at Oaklands Elementary School in Laurel at about 2:30 a.m. The officers said they found a broken window and an intruder. When the officer confronted the intruder, police said the man opened fire. A bullet grazed the officer's head, but the injury is not considered life-threatening.

The confrontation happened in the entry way of the school. Investigators say the intruder entered through the school's media center.

Election judges arrived at the school at about 5 a.m. to set up for the day's voting, but were not allowed inside the school until after 6 a.m.

Major Andy Ellis from Prince George's Police says investigators worked quickly to complete their crime scene investigation and K-9 officers swept the school twice making sure there were no other thugs in the building

Election workers managed to get the site opened at about 7:10 a.m-- 10 minutes later than Maryland's 7a.m. Poll opening time. Many voters had arrived to the polling site as much as two hours early. Hundreds of voters were waiting in line when the doors opened.

The shooter remains at large. Police did give me a description, but it was vague, it could be any thin black man in his 20's with low cut hair.. If I hear something more specific, i'll update.

About the officer, we don't know his name, but Major Ellis says he was EXTREMELY lucky-- this bullet grazed his head-- an inch or two in another direction and we would have been following a TOTALLY different story today.

NOW GO VOTE!!!

--AW