An off-duty police officer shot a Baltimore man who is alleged to have lunged at him with a pair of scissors after repeatedly stabbing a woman early yesterday.
Police said Officer Leonard Baze, 44, was driving in the 5600 block of Park Ave. about 1:30 a.m. when he noticed a man chasing and stabbing a woman. The officer identified himself and ordered the man to drop the scissors, police said. When the man refused and moved toward him, Officer Baze fired twice, striking the man in the chest and right leg. Mario Paniaqua, 30, of the 3900 block of Clarks Lane was in critical condition yesterday at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center.
