Police Officer Shot

An off-duty Maryland Transit Administration police officer shot two juveniles yesterday morning after one pointed a gun at him in East Baltimore, according to police. The officer, an 11-year veteran of the force, was not injured in the incident. He is 47 years old, according to an MTA spokeswoman, but neither police nor the MTA officials named him. The officer, who was not in uniform, had just returned from a trip to a store about 3 a.m. and was smoking in front of his home in the 1600 block of N. Broadway when a green van drove by, said Agent Donny Moses, a Baltimore police spokesman.

A city police officer shot a woman yesterday after she allegedly stabbed him in the back in what investigators called an unprovoked attack witnessed by a dozen people at a West Baltimore grocery store.The wounded officer, 28-year-old Jay Harris, tended to his attacker's injuries until an ambulance arrived, police spokesman Robert W. Weinhold Jr. said. He was expected to be released last night from Maryland Shock Trauma Center.Police closed the Stop, Shop & Save Food Market in the 1100 block of Pennsylvania Ave. for about three hours as they investigated.

A voice echoes off the marble walls of the cavernous War Memorial Building. On this hallowed ground, where the heroes of battle are memorialized, a man in uniform is speaking of a high calling, a mission filled with duty, honor and sacred trust. Of a war being fought on the streets of Baltimore.Bryan Ruth stands at rapt attention in his dark blue uniform, his arms stiff at his side. His face is expressionless as he listens to an officer addressing graduates of the city's police academy. Like his 46 classmates, Ruth is a new soldier headed for the front.

An Annapolis police officer shot two men, killing one of them, yesterday as he tried to stop a beating and apparent robbery attempt, Annapolis police said.Cochise Ornandez Daughtry, 18, of the 1300 block of Tyler Ave., Annapolis, was shot in the chest and was pronounced dead shortly after 1 a.m. yesterday at Anne Arundel Medical Center. Vernon Eugene Estep Jr., 19, of the 1100 block of Madison St., Annapolis, was in serious but stable condition at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he was being treated for a gunshot wound to the groin.

A police officer shot and killed a man who sped off when the officer leaned into the man's car to turn off the engine during a traffic stop in Southwest Baltimore last night, dragging the officer several feet, police said.John Gettier, 31, of the 3200 block of Violet Ave. in Lansdowne was taken by ambulance to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he died at 7:30 p.m., police said.Officer Scott G. Serio, 25, who has been with the department about 18 months, had his head, right shoulder and right arm inside the car when the motorist gunned the engine and drove away, police said.

A city police officer shot a gunman outside a northeast Baltimore restaurant early today after an employee of the restaurant was shot, city homicide detectives said.Details remained sketchy in the shooting at Marco's restaurant, 2027 Broadway, which occurred at 2:11 a.m. today. Police did not disclose the name of the officer nor the identities of the two victims.The incident began when an employee was shot outside of the restaurant, police said. An off-duty officer who was at the scene then fired a number of shots at the suspect, hitting him at least five times.

A Baltimore police officer shot and killed a suspected drug dealer in an east side alley early yesterday after the man drew a 9-mm semiautomatic pistol from his waistband during a foot chase and turned to face the officer, police said.Eastern District Officer Richard Heymann, 23, was not injured, and prosecutors ruled preliminarily that he had fired justifiably in self-defense.The dead man was identified as Ronald Darnell White, 24, of the 2300 block of E. Lafayette Ave. Residents of the area and at least one witness described Mr. White as a neighborhood drug dealer.

A Baltimore police officer shot and critically wounded an enraged man who lunged at him with a military bayonet on a Brooklyn street last night, officers said.The wounded man, Roarke Kirsten Bolton, 31, of the 6400 block of Bellview Drive in Columbia was listed in critical condition early today at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center. He was shot twice in the stomach.Officer Scott Harrold, 37, was in a patrol car driving west on Patapsco Avenue about 7:30 p.m. when several people in the area alerted him that a man had been seen slashing parked cars with a knife, police said.

Nearly 11 hours after a city police officer shot and killed a 14-year-old who fled to avoid being arrested in a car theft, Western District police told the boy's mother her son had been arrested and taken to a juvenile detention center, the woman said yesterday.Myra Green, the mother of Simmont Donta Thomas, said that she did not learn about her son's death until she called the state medical examiner's office around noon."I said something ain't right because I called Hickey [the Charles H. Hickey Jr. School for delinquents]

A police officer shot and killed a pit bull yesterday in West Baltimore after the dog ran amok, killing a dog and terrorizing a cat before charging the officer.Central District Officer Curtis Dixon, 26, went to the 600 block of Smithson St. about 11:50 a.m. for a report of a wild dog and found the pit bull chasing after a cat, police said. Earlier, the dog, known in the neighborhood as Willie, had attacked and killed a dog in the 1500 block of Shields Place, police said.When Officer Dixon arrived at the scene, the dog charged him.The officer fired one shot, hitting the dog in the chest, police said.

Suspect shot by police in N.W. Baltimore 2 A Baltimore police officer shot a suspect in the upper body about 8 p.m. yesterday during a narcotics investigation in Northwest Baltimore, police said. The shooting occurred at Pimlico Road and Garrison Avenue after two people got into a car and drove into an officer at the scene, said Anthony Gugliemi, a police spokesman. The officer was treated at a hospital and released. A second officer fired at one of the suspects with a service revolver, Gugliemi said.

On Oct. 20, a city police officer shot and wounded a man near an elementary school after chasing him to a breezeway, where he was found crouched with his hands under a black jacket. He threw the jacket at the officer, who shot him in the leg. If this shooting happened the way police said it did, it will probably be ruled justified by department investigators. Perhaps it already has been found "within policy." Chances are, you and I will never know much more about the case. The department's new public affairs director, Anthony Guglielmi, has decided that identities of officers who shoot people will no longer be made public, at least until after all reviews are completed and then only if the officers' actions are deemed unjustified.

A Baltimore police officer shot a man just steps from an elementary school yesterday afternoon after a chase that involved a car crash and ended when the man was caught hiding under an inflatable pool, police said. Police said the incident began about 12:40 p.m. when a member of the SWAT team on routine patrol on Westwood Avenue passed a 1993 Chrysler New Yorker and observed a man duck inside the parked car. The officer turned around to conduct a field interview when the driver fled, running red lights and stop signs, and drove into Leakin Park, said Donny Moses, a police spokesman.

A man whose leg was broken during a fight in which a uniformed police officer shot and killed an off-duty officer was released without charges yesterday, authorities said. The man was initially charged with disobeying police, according to a source familiar with the investigation who was not authorized to talk about the charges. The state's attorney's office declined to prosecute, said Margaret Burns, a spokeswoman for city State's Attorney Patricia C. Jessamy. The man's name has not been made public.

A police officer shot a man yesterday morning in Southwest Baltimore after he attempted to strike the officer with his car, according to police. Ernest McMillon Jr., a patrol officer in the Southwestern District who has been with the department since 2004, shot the suspect in the thigh, said Officer Nicole Monroe, a police spokeswoman. McMillon, 33, was placed on administrative leave until police complete an investigation into the shooting, as is department policy. The driver was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he was treated for injuries that were not considered life-threatening, officials said.

An off-duty Maryland Transit Administration police officer shot two juveniles yesterday morning after one pointed a gun at him in East Baltimore, according to police. The officer, an 11-year veteran of the force, was not injured in the incident. He is 47 years old, according to an MTA spokeswoman, but neither police nor the MTA officials named him. The officer, who was not in uniform, had just returned from a trip to a store about 3 a.m. and was smoking in front of his home in the 1600 block of N. Broadway when a green van drove by, said Agent Donny Moses, a Baltimore police spokesman.

A Montgomery County police officer shot and killed a teenage suspect at a park-and-ride lot in Burtonsville yesterday after the youth allegedly approached another officer and shot him in the shoulder and head. The injured officer, Detective D.H. Oaks, was flown to an area hospital, where he was listed in fair condition late yesterday, said police spokeswoman Lucille Baur. The two officers were conducting an undercover narcotics operation when a teenage boy approached one of them and opened fire, according to Baur.

A city police officer shot and wounded a knife-wielding man yesterday after efforts failed to subdue him with Mace and a stun gun, according to a police spokeswoman. Southwestern District Officer Raford D. Moten fired two shots at Tony Yarborough, striking him once in each arm during a tense standoff at a home in the 4000 block of Woodridge Road in Southwest Baltimore, the spokeswoman said. Officers were called to the house about 12:20 p.m. after receiving reports that a man bent on suicide was there.

A city police officer shot and wounded a robbery suspect yesterday evening on an East Baltimore street when the man allegedly attempted to run the officer down with his car. Eastern District Officer Donald Hayes, a four-year-member of the force, was in the 2000 block of E. Lafayette Ave. about 5:30 p.m. when he observed a gunman robbing another man on the street, police said. When Hayes approached, the gunman entered a car and tried to run Hayes down, police said. Hayes fired his semiautomatic service weapon, hitting the driver once in the jaw and once in an arm, police said.

An Anne Arundel County police officer shot a pit bull twice after it attacked him while he was responding to a domestic dispute Tuesday afternoon in Severn, police said. The dog was taken to two veterinary clinics, police said. At the second clinic, the dog was euthanized with the permission of its owner, police said. Officers Jay Wilson and Timothy Heinecke of the county's eastern police district went to the 1300 block of Monaco Drive at 2 p.m. after a woman called authorities to say she had been assaulted by her husband, said Sgt. Shawn A. Urbas, a police spokesman.