Baltimore County Police Officer and Suspect Injured in Shootout in Pikesville
The officer is expected to recover after being shot in the upper body, while police say the suspect and a bystander were also injured.
- On Sunday morning, a Baltimore County police officer and a bystander were injured after an armed suspect opened fire in a Pikesville park; responding officers returned fire, striking the suspect, who is hospitalized and expected to recover.
- Officers arrived at a trail off Milford Mill Road around 8:50 a.m. Sunday responding to reports of a suspicious person involving potential indecent exposure, where the armed individual opened fire upon approach.
- Officer P. Catalfamo, who has served one and a half years, remains in critical but stable condition at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough said the officer is "doing well" and expected to recover.
- The bystander struck during the exchange remains stable at a hospital, though authorities remain uncertain whether police or the suspect caused the injury; County Executive Kathy Klausmeier noted the officer was awake and joking.
- Homicide personnel and Internal Affairs are investigating the incident, which Chief McCullough said highlights the dangers law enforcement face daily; police confirmed two officers discharged weapons, though Catalfamo was not among them.
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Police identify officer injured in exchange of gunfire Sunday in Pikesville
Baltimore County police identified the officer shot in an exchange of gunfire while responding to a call Sunday morning on a trail in Pikesville. County police on Monday said Officer P. Catalfamo remains in critical condition but is stable at Shock Trauma. Police said officers were called around 8:50 a.m. Sunday to a trail off Milford Mill Road for a suspicious person/indecent exposure report. Police said officers arrived and were fired upon by …
Officer, bystander injured in Baltimore County shooting
A Baltimore County police officer and a bystander were injured when an armed suspect opened fire on officers at a park near Baltimore, according to police. The suspect was also shot by responding officers. The shooting happened at about 8:50 a.m. on Sunday near the 900 block of Milford Mill Road and Scotts Level Road in Pikesville, where officers were called for a suspicious subject at a park, Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough said…
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