Police Officer Shot

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...

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...

One man is in critical condition after a shooting in a grocery store parking lot in Glen Burnie, Anne Arundel County Police said Friday. The shooting occurred about 10:45 p.m. Friday night at the Super Fresh grocery store in the Harundale Plaza shopping center in the 7700 block of Richie Highway in Glen Bernie, Lt. Glenn Shanahan said. One victim was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he is in critical condition. He was not identified. Shanahan said there was an altercation between two groups of people in the parking lot and that officers found multiple shell casings spread over a 100-yard area.

A Baltimore Police officer was shot in the arm by a Baltimore County officer Monday afternoon while in Odenton serving a warrant with a law enforcement task force, police said. The city officer, who was not identified, was shot at about 2:15 p.m. in the 100 block of Pinecove Ave., in a townhouse community east of Fort Meade, officials said. The injury was described as a "through and through" wound and was not considered life threatening, though he was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center as a precaution.

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.

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 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 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 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 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.

An Anne Arundel County police officer shot and wounded the driver of a van Saturday evening in Prince George's County after the van rammed the officer's car following a brief chase, county police said. The officer, who was not identified, had pursued the van south from Crofton on MD Route 3 about 6:40 p.m. in an attempt to stop it for a registration violation. The officer broke off the chase after crossing into Prince George's County and was preparing to return to Anne Arundel County when the van struck the marked police vehicle at the intersection of Route 3 and MD Route 450, police said.

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 Baltimore police officer was seriously wounded early Saturday after a man opened fire on him near the downtown nightlife hub, touching off a running gunbattle as tactical officers pursued the suspect up North Calvert Street. The suspect fled on foot, then sped away in a silver-colored Toyota Camry before crashing into a light pole near Calvert and Franklin streets. Police apprehended him at Mercy Medical Center, where he was seeking treatment for several gunshot wounds. A law enforcement source identified the suspect as Franklin James Gross, 29, of the 4200 block of Liberty Heights Ave. in Northwest Baltimore, who has an extensive criminal record.

A Baltimore jury found Thursday that a city officer acted reasonably when he killed an off-duty member of the force while responding to a fight at a Southeast Baltimore strip club. The widow of Officer Norman Stamp, a 44-year veteran who was fatally shot in April 2008, sued Officer John Torres, alleging that he "wrongly prejudged" the situation and that the Police Department didn't aggressively investigate the circumstances of the shooting. The trial lasted about two weeks, during which jurors visited the Haven Place club where the shooting occurred.

Stunned dog owners and residents of a Severn neighborhood are shocked that authorities won't be charging a federal police officer who shot and killed a Siberian husky Monday night at a community dog park. Bear-Bear, a brown and white husky that was about 3 years old, was playing in the Quail Run dog park at about 6:30 p.m., running off leash inside the fenced-in area, when the officer and his wife arrived with a German shepherd, who was kept on a leash. When the dogs began to play roughly, the federal officer asked Bear-Bear's guardian, his owner's brother, to call off the dog. But before he could do anything, the officer pulled out a gun and shot Bear-Bear, according to the husky's owner.

One man is in critical condition after a shooting in a grocery store parking lot in Glen Burnie, Anne Arundel County Police said Friday. The shooting occurred about 10:45 p.m. Friday night at the Super Fresh grocery store in the Harundale Plaza shopping center in the 7700 block of Richie Highway in Glen Bernie, Lt. Glenn Shanahan said. One victim was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he is in critical condition. He was not identified. Shanahan said there was an altercation between two groups of people in the parking lot and that officers found multiple shell casings spread over a 100-yard area.

A Baltimore police officer shot and killed a man early yesterday, moments after the man fatally stabbed his ex-girlfriend with a kitchen knife on the sidewalk outside her West Baltimore home, authorities said. Lequisha I. Truitt, 28, of the 2500 block of W. Baltimore St. died there in front of her 8-year-old daughter, police said. The man, Ditania E. Kane, 28, of the 4400 block of Manorview Road, died at Maryland Shock Trauma Center, police said. Southwestern District Officer Andrea Curtis, who fired the shot, was reassigned to administration duties pending an internal investigation, police said.

An Anne Arundel County police officer shot at a car Tuesday morning as it charged toward him and then struck him, but police said they do not know if a bullet injured anyone. Lt. James Fredericks said police were called to the 2000 block of Tea Island Court in Odenton around 4 a.m. for reports of two men going through vehicles. An officer saw a Kia Sportage in the road and as it came toward him, he thought it was going to run him down, according to Fredericks. He fired at the SUV, and was knocked to the ground by the vehicle, which continued into a nearby dead-end, where two people got out and ran, Fredericks said.

An Anne Arundel County police officer shot a Pasadena man in Glen Burnie, according to a county police spokesman. The man, Richard Anthony Malczewski Jr., 20, of the 300 block of Riverside Drive, was sent to Maryland Shock Trauma Center with injuries that were not life-threatening. The officer was on patrol at Elvaton Road and Starwood Drive when he saw a man jumping on the roof of a Pontiac minivan about 10:20 p.m. Thursday, police said. The officer got out of his patrol car and the man charged at him, according to police.