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By BRIAN WITTE and ED WHITE
BALTIMORE (AP) — A police officer responding to a burglary call
in Baltimore was shot in the leg Tuesday by a gunman who was
killed by another officer, authorities said.
A woman jumped out of a window during the tense confrontation
and another woman was held at gunpoint by the man before he was
shot, Police Commissioner Richard Worley said.
“It was relatively quick because he was firing on our officers,”
Worley said.
The officer with a leg wound was in stable condition at
University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center. Dr. Thomas Scalea
praised a “buddy” who applied a tourniquet at the scene.
“We’re just so thankful that the officer or any other folks in
that neighborhood were not severely harmed,” Baltimore Mayor
Brandon Scott told reporters. “Our thoughts are with him and his
family, and even the family of the deceased.”
The man who died was related to people at the home, Worley said.
No names were released. The Baltimore Fraternal Order of Police,
a union that represents officers, said “all involved members are
in good spirits.”
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White reported from Detroit. Associated Press reporter John Raby
in Cross Lanes, West Virginia, contributed to this story.
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