Policeman Released From Hospital After Shooting: Officials

Towson MD

06 June, 2022

2:53 PM

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BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD — The Baltimore County police officer who was shot over the weekend in a Towson apartment building was released from the hospital Sunday night, according to police. At 8:40 p.m. on Saturday, police said they responded to the 400 block of Virginia Avenue for a call about unknown trouble. When they arrived, officers heard gunfire and went to the floor of the apartment building provided by the 911 caller and knocked on the door where the trouble was reportedly happening, investigators said. A man armed with a handgun answered the door and pointed it at officers, prompting an exchange of gunfire between him and three officers, according to the Office of the Attorney General's Independent Investigations Division, which is handling the probe. The gunman died at the scene; one officer was hospitalized with injuries described as not life-threatening; and a woman who had been shot multiple times was found inside the apartment as well, investigators said. The woman was taken to a local hospital, where she was in critical condition, officials reported Sunday night. Body cameras were on during the shooting, the attorney general's office reported. The Maryland attorney general's office is investigating the death in accordance with a state law passed in October 2021 mandating it handle all police-involved fatalities. Policeman Shot In Towson: Suspect Killed, 2 Injured, Officials SaidTowson Shooting Involved Police, Officials Say Here is video shared by the Baltimore County Police Department of the officer's release from the hospital Sunday night: