Man barricaded in his Calvert Co. home hospitalized after police return fire – WTOP News

A person, whom police have been going out to arrest, was hospitalized after being shot by deputies in Calvert County, Maryland, early Saturday.

Officers fired on the man inside his bed room, the place he had barricaded himself after firing a weapon.

Ronald Joseph Garraway, 59, of Chesapeake Seashore, is charged with first-degree assault, in line with a information launch from the Calvert County Sheriff’s workplace. Police have been serving out a warrant for his arrest after they arrived at his residence round 9:45 p.m. Friday evening.

Garraway armed and barricaded himself inside his bed room, the sheriff’s workplace stated. Deputies from Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s counties responded to the scene, in line with the information launch.

They made plans to soundly arrest Garraway and tried negotiating with him via the early hours of Saturday. That’s when Garraway “out of the blue fired at officers,” the information launch stated.

Deputies opened hearth and struck the person barricaded inside his bed room.

Emergency providers took Garraway to a hospital the place he’s in “secure situation,” and deputies have been in a position to “safely exit” Garraway’s dwelling, the discharge stated.

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