The Carroll County Sheriff's Department is seeking a 30-year-old former Westminster resident charged with attempted murder of a deputy during a shooting early Monday.
Brian Joseph Hill, whose last known address was on Penhurst Avenue in Baltimore, attempted to shoot the deputy with a handgun during a traffic stop on Old Westminster Pike about 2:30 a.m., police said.
The deputy, who had stopped Hill's Ford Explorer for suspended tags, returned fire.
Hill accelerated and crashed into a resident's yard. He fled the wrecked vehicle on foot and remains at large.
Deputies recovered a handgun from the vehicle and searched the area near Reese and Arnold roads for several hours.
Hill also faces charges of assault and handgun and drug violations. The deputy was not injured.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked contact Corporal Carlos Bustos at 410-386-2900, or the toll-free anonymous TIPPS hotline at 1-888-399-8477.