A police officer with the Department of Veterans Affairs was charged in connection with the shooting of a woman Sunday afternoon in Dundalk, police said.
Gary Martin Patterson Sr. was charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder, home invasion, and related charges. He was being held without bail and had no attorney listed in court records.
The victim, 39, is Patterson's estranged girlfriend, police said. Patterson went to her house in the 4000 block of St. Monica Drive around 1 p.m., broke in through a front window and shot her several times in the upper body, police said.
Another person in the home fought with Patterson and was able to get the gun away from him, police said. The victim is expected to survive.