Second Maryland officer seriously wounded amid manhunt for armed suspect

A police officer in Maryland was significantly injured in gunfire Thursday evening amid a manhunt for a suspect who had wounded a unique officer after firing at police the earlier afternoon, officers stated.

The second officer was shot a number of occasions, CBS Baltimore reported.

The wished suspect, 24-year-old David Linthicum, was believed to be hiding in a wooded space within the Fallston space, officers informed CBS Baltimore. Fallston is positioned about 25 miles northeast of Baltimore.

The FBI had additionally joined the manhunt, CBS Baltimore additionally discovered.

Police haven’t specified whether or not the second taking pictures was linked to the primary one, which occurred whereas police have been responding to a name for an individual in disaster.

Baltimore County officers have been referred to as to a house on Powers Avenue in Cockeysville on Wednesday afternoon and a member of the family escorted them to the individual in disaster, police stated in an announcement. Whereas the officers interacted with Linthicum, he fired a number of photographs, wounding one officer, police spokesperson Pleasure Stewart stated. Officers didn’t hearth their weapons throughout that interplay, she stated.

The injured officer was taken to a hospital and officers introduced late Wednesday that the officer was launched and in good spirits.

There was a heavy police presence within the space with helicopters circling above Wednesday as officers closed roads within the neighborhood of single-family properties with massive lawns that backs as much as woods, information retailers reported. Officers urged residents to shelter in place because the seek for the person continued by the evening.

Officers introduced early Thursday that a number of colleges within the space could be closed for the day.

The search continued into Thursday night, when police ordered residents close to the house in Cockeysville to shelter in place as a result of Linthicum had been noticed within the space. Then, round 9:30 p.m., officers stated an officer had been significantly injured in one other taking pictures as legislation enforcement continued to seek for the suspect.