WBAL is reporting this story. From reports:
- The store, Super Fresh, was under surveillance as a tip that it was targeted for robbery that day.
- Customers in the store at the time had no idea a robbery was in progress.
- The suspect shot an officer as he was searching the neighborhood for one suspect; he was holed up in a shed. Police are at this moment debating how to enter the shed to determine if the suspect is still alive and apprehend him.
Baltimore County Officer Shot And Rushed To Shock Trauma
Thursday, December 14, 2006
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WBAL TV 11 Lead I-Team Reporter Jayne Miller has the latest from Shock Trauma
At Shock Trauma, Baltimore County Police Colonel William Kelly talks about the officer who was taken there this morning after being shot in Perry Hall
A Baltimore County police officer has been shot after an apparent robbery at a grocery store this morning in Perry Hall and police have a suspect cornered in a shed in the area.
The officer was taken by ambulance to Shock Trauma. Thick morning fog prevented the wounded officer's evacuation by helicopter.
His condition is reported to be "stable." He was shot twice.
The shooting occurred shortly after 7:30 a.m.
Baltimore County School officials say Perry Hall High School, Perry Hall Middle School and Perry Hall Elementary School have been locked down. No one is allowed in or out of the school as a precaution.
Tabernacle Christian School in Perry Hall closed soon after the incident. Parents of extended morning care children who were already at school should call the school for instructions on where to pick up their children.
Police were conducting surveillance at the Super Fresh grocery store after a series of robberies in the area this year when a robbery occurred, county police spokesman Cpl. Michael Hill said.
Two male suspects fled from the store with county officers in pursuit. One suspect was captured. Officers were searching for the second suspect, when the suspect opened fire from a shed, striking one officer, Hill said. That suspect was believed to be barricaded in the shed, surrounded by county police tactical units.
Police closed sections of Belair Road, a busy thoroughfare carrying rush hour traffic into the heart of the city.