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A 14-year-old boy was in critical condition at Maryland Shock Trauma Center after he was shot Wednesday night by a city police officer during an attempted robbery of a University of Maryland medical student not far from the school, said a city police spokesman.
The boy's name was withheld pending notification of family members, and he has not been formally charged, said Detective Kevin Hagan, the spokesman.
A BB pistol believed used by the youth was recovered at the scene.
Hagan said the Western District officer, whose name was not released, was in uniform and driving a marked police car to police headquarters in the 600 block of E. Fayette St. about 7:50 p.m. when he saw an armed robbery in progress in the 700 block of W. Lexington St. near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
Hagan said when the officer, a member of the department for three years, neared the robbery scene, the victim yelled out, "He's got a gun!" Hagan said the third-year medical student later told police he was riding his bike when the youth told him to stop and placed a gun to his neck.
When the youth failed to heed the officer's verbal warning to drop the weapon and turned toward him, the officer fired two shots, hitting the youth at least once in the stomach, Hagan said. The wounded teen was taken by a city Fire Department ambulance to Shock Trauma and immediately went into surgery.
Hagan said the uninjured robbery victim and the officer were each taken to police headquarters for interviews by homicide detectives, a routine procedure after a police-involved shooting.
The boy's name was withheld pending notification of family members, and he has not been formally charged, said Detective Kevin Hagan, the spokesman.
A BB pistol believed used by the youth was recovered at the scene.
Hagan said the Western District officer, whose name was not released, was in uniform and driving a marked police car to police headquarters in the 600 block of E. Fayette St. about 7:50 p.m. when he saw an armed robbery in progress in the 700 block of W. Lexington St. near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
Hagan said when the officer, a member of the department for three years, neared the robbery scene, the victim yelled out, "He's got a gun!" Hagan said the third-year medical student later told police he was riding his bike when the youth told him to stop and placed a gun to his neck.
When the youth failed to heed the officer's verbal warning to drop the weapon and turned toward him, the officer fired two shots, hitting the youth at least once in the stomach, Hagan said. The wounded teen was taken by a city Fire Department ambulance to Shock Trauma and immediately went into surgery.
Hagan said the uninjured robbery victim and the officer were each taken to police headquarters for interviews by homicide detectives, a routine procedure after a police-involved shooting.
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itisjustChris I have reported all of your comments as either threatening language and/or hate speech. And no, you do not have the protected right to use the Baltimore Sun comment section as a forum for your free speech, particularly if it is threatening and hateful and promotes criminal activity. As a side note, I do believe that the BCPD did their job correctly and that the boy should have known better than to refuse to stand down to police while brandishing a weapon and turning toward police officer as though to take aim. He received a fair warning and didn't heed it. Nonetheless, itisjustChris' comments are reprehensible and should be removed.
E55555H (10/22/2009, 8:17 PM )