A 28-year-old man who police say was feuding with neighbors in North Baltimore fired several shots at them and a police officer early Saturday. A Northern District officer returned fire, striking the man in the hand and ending the brief shootout.
Detective Donny Moses, a Baltimore police spokesman, said the shooting occurred shortly after 3 a.m. when the officer, driving his patrol car in the 2000 block of Girard Ave. in Woodberry, came upon a man firing at neighbors with a .25-caliber pistol. When the officer ordered the man to stop, the man turned toward the officer and fired several shots, Moses said. The officer, who was not hit, fired two shots, striking the man in the hand.
The man was taken to Sinai Hospital for treatment of wounds that were not considered life-threatening. Moses did not identify the suspect, pending the filing of charges. He said the officer, also not named, has been on the city force since August 2001. The officer will be placed on administrative leave pending an investigation, routine procedure when officers are involved in a shooting.