A man suspected of stalking a patient at Union Memorial Hospital was shot Wednesday night outside the hospital by two members of the Regional Warrant Apprehension Task Force, part of a police contingent that staked out the facility after learning the man was in the area, said a police spokesman.
Police identified the man as Phillip Holland, 61, of the 3700 block of Roland Ave. in Hampden. He was charged with two counts of assault on police in connection with his encounter outside the hospital, and was served two warrants charging him with attempted second-degree murder and first and second-degree assault in connection with a Jan. 16 domestic incident, a stabbing outside a Royal Farms store in the 1000 block of W. 36th St., police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said.
The victim in that incident was taken to Union Memorial Hospital and admitted. Guglielmi declined to describe the victim, but a police source said it was a woman.
Guglielmi said police learned that Holland might try to confront the victim in the hospital Wednesday and stationed police officers around the hospital. Hospital security officers also were alerted. About 8:15 p.m., two detectives were outside the main entrance of the hospital on University Parkway and near a picnic area when they confronted Holland and warned him to stop.
Guglielmi said Holland ignored their warnings and lunged at the officers with a knife and was hit with a Taser. He said the Taser failed to subdue Holland, forcing at least one of the officers to shoot the suspect in a leg with his .40-caliber Glock semiautomatic handgun. Though wounded and still combative, Holland was hit a second time with a Taser and subdued, the spokesman said. Neither officer was injured.
From the hospital, Holland was taken by a city Fire Department ambulance to Maryland Shock Trauma Center and was reported in good condition.
Richie Nolan, 47, a resident of the Marylander Apartments, located across the street from the hospital, said he heard at least one gunshot and seconds later saw several police cars converge in front of the hospital. "At first, a friend of mine said it was the lid of a trash compactor closing, but I knew it was a gunshot," Nolan said.
Baltimore Sun reporter Peter Hermann contributed to this article.
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