Officer shot in leg at parking garage a block from police station

Public parking garage often used by officers to park off-duty vehicles

A Baltimore City Police officer was shot in the leg about a block away from the Central District office Tuesday night.

The officer was shot in a parking garage in the unit block of South Frederick Street, police spokesman Donny Moses said. The unidentified officer was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center. His condition was not immediately available.

The garage is open to the public but police officers in the Central District often use the garage, which is a block from the station, to park their off-duty vehicles.

Moses said the shooter may still be inside because it appears no one has left the building.

He did not know whether the office had shot his weapon.

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