Maryland
Trooper shot during traffic stop on Maryland’s Eastern Shore
Trooper shot throughout site visitors cease on Maryland’s Japanese Shore
Authorities say a Maryland State Police trooper was shot throughout a site visitors cease Monday evening close to an Japanese Shore truck weigh station.
VIENNA, Md. – Authorities say a Maryland State Police trooper was shot throughout a site visitors cease Monday evening close to an Japanese Shore truck weigh station.
The capturing was reported shortly earlier than 10 p.m. throughout a site visitors cease on eastbound Route 50 close to the Vienna Scale Home in Wicomico County.
Officers say the trooper approached the car with three males inside when the driving force pulled a weapon and fired, placing him a number of occasions. The trooper returned fireplace, however officers say nobody within the car was struck.
One other trooper responded to the scene and the injured officer was transported to a close-by hospital.
Officers from the Delmar Police Division tracked down the car to the 600 block of Elizabeth Road in Delmar the place they are saying the driving force crashed into two autos earlier than placing a tree.
Police say they surrounded the car and located the driving force, recognized as 23-year-old Keiford Lee Copper, III, of Trappe, Maryland, slumped over the wheel with an obvious self-inflicted gunshot wound. Authorities say a gun was recovered from contained in the car.
Shortly earlier than 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, two unidentified males had been discovered strolling round a neighborhood in Hebron and had been taken into police custody.
The trooper concerned within the capturing is an 18-and-a-half-year veteran and has been launched from the hospital.
The investigation is continuous.