Police shooting on S Augusta Ave Baltimore
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Channel: Dmlaney · 2015 · News & Politics
A police shooting this evening on South Augusta Ave Baltimore Maryland leads to police shutting down streets and flying over houses for hours. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- City police shot a man in the face after that suspect hit an officer with a car late Monday night in southwest Baltimore, police said. Police said the incident began around 11 p.m. after they received multiple calls of hearing gunshots near the intersection of Augusta and Frederick avenues, which is not far from Mount St. Joseph High School. Police said when they arrived, they found a suspicious car. Police added that when officers tried to approach that car, the driver put the car in reverse and struck the open door of a police cruiser, pinning an officer between the door and the door post. That officer fired at the suspect and struck him in the face, police said. Police said the suspect then took off in the car but was stopped again by officers nearby. At that point, police said, he held his hands in the air, surrendered and stated that he had a gun, which officers recovered. Interim Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said the officer pinned in his car was treated for minor injuries on the scene. The suspect, who has not yet been identified, was taken to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. Police said there was a passenger in the suspect’s car, but he fled from the scene and has not been found.
