Police Officer Shot

A University of Maryland campus police officer was critically wounded Tuesday after being shot in the head by an instructor during a training exercise with Baltimore police, an incident that prompted the city's police commissioner to suspend all training pending a safety evaluation. The officer was hit around 2:30 p.m. at the Rosewood Center, a closed state psychiatric hospital in Owings Mills. State police said it was reported as an accident but officials released few details - including why live rounds were being used in a training environment - citing an ongoing investigation.

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An off-duty Baltimore County police officer was shot in Overlea early this morning as he attempted to disperse a large group of people blocking traffic on a residential street, police said. Police said the incident began as the officer was driving near Dale Avenue and Danville Road around 3:20 a.m. There, the officer encountered a large group of people blocking the street, according to police. "He stopped his vehicle and asked them to move so he could pass," police said.  A man emerged from the crowd with a gun and fired several shots into the officer's car, striking him twice, officers said.

A University of Maryland campus police officer was critically wounded Tuesday after being shot in the head by an instructor during a training exercise with Baltimore police, an incident that prompted the city's police commissioner to suspend all training pending a safety evaluation. The officer was hit around 2:30 p.m. at the Rosewood Center, a closed state psychiatric hospital in Owings Mills. State police said it was reported as an accident but officials released few details - including why live rounds were being used in a training environment - citing an ongoing investigation.

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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 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 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.

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.

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 a man in West Baltimore on Monday evening and the man is in serious condition at an area hospital, police said. About 6:30 p.m., police spotted a man coming out of a home near the intersection of Edmondson Avenue and Hilton Street who appeared to be concealing a gun, police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said. The man jumped into a sedan and started driving his car in the direction of police when an officer shot him, Guglielmi said. The man continued to drive until he stopped or crashed a few blocks later, in the 800 block of North Longwood Street, near Leakin Park.

An off-duty Baltimore County police officer was shot in Overlea early this morning as he attempted to disperse a large group of people blocking traffic on a residential street, police said. Police said the incident began as the officer was driving near Dale Avenue and Danville Road around 3:20 a.m. There, the officer encountered a large group of people blocking the street, according to police. "He stopped his vehicle and asked them to move so he could pass," police said.  A man emerged from the crowd with a gun and fired several shots into the officer's car, striking him twice, officers said.

A Baltimore police officer shot and killed a 20-year-old man just before dawn Saturday after chasing him from a 7-Eleven to a nearby block in the Langston Hughes neighborhood near Pimlico Race Course . Police received an anonymous call shortly before 6 a.m. about an armed man at the 7-Eleven near West Belvedere Avenue and Reisterstown Road, Sgt. Anthony Smith said. When officers arrived, the suspect ran away and was chased to the 5100 block of Arbutus Ave. The suspect was armed with a semiautomatic pistol.

A Baltimore County police officer shot and killed the sword-wielding uncle of an attempted-murder suspect Thursday, authorities said, in a bizarre end to a case that began when a teen was found in a Howard County field last month with a gunshot wound to the head. Police said the man, Ronald Melvin Cox, 48, swung a large sword at tactical officers as they entered an upstairs bedroom in his home in the 400 block of Highmeadow Road in Reisterstown. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

A Baltimore police officer shot and killed a man in Northwest Baltimore early Sunday after witnessing a domestic assault, police said. Police officers identified the man Sunday night as Michael Wudtee, 38, of the 8600 block of Greens Lane. Between midnight and 1 a.m., officers were patrolling the area of the 4600 block of Liberty Heights Ave. in the Howard Park neighborhood. There, officers witnessed a domestic assault taking place in the parking lot of a gas station, police said.

Baltimore police are investigating three shootings from Sunday, including a fatal in East Baltimore.  In that shooting, 29-year-old Marcus Williams was found at about 7:30 p.m. sitting in a Dodge Charger that had crashed into a Ford Expedition in the 1000 block of E. 22nd St. Williams, of the 1300 block of Cedarcroft Rd in Northeast Baltimore, was suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the head and torso, and was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital...

An Anne Arundel County police officer shot at a car Tuesday as it sped into him, but police said they do not know whether the bullet wounded anyone. Lt. James Fredericks said police were called to the 2000 block of Tea Island Court in Odenton about 4 a.m. for reports of two men going through vehicles. The officer fired at a KIA Sportage before it knocked him down, Fredericks said. Two people fled from the sport utility vehicle when it stopped nearby, and one was captured by other officers.

An Anne Arundel County police officer shot and wounded a driver after the officer attempted to complete a traffic stop in Crofton on Saturday night, a spokesman said. The officer attempted the traffic stop at about 7:30 p.m. near Crain and Defense highways, said department spokesman Lt. Michael Brothers. When the driver failed to stop, a pursuit ensued. At some point, the officer's vehicle was rear-ended by the other driver's vehicle, Brothers said. He said the officer opened fire, injuring the suspect, who was taken to an area hospital.

A gunman opened fire on a Baltimore police officer as he stepped out of his patrol car while responding to a domestic violence call Tuesday night, grazing his hip, according to a statement from a city Police Department spokesman. Police spokesman Detective Kevin Brown said the shooting occurred about 11:40 p.m. in the 1100 block of Cooks Lane, near the southern edge of Gwynns Falls Park and about a quarter-mile from Security Boulevard and Forest Park Avenue. The Southwestern District officer, who has been on the force five years, was treated at Maryland Shock Trauma Center and released.