'I'm 10-8,' Police Sergeant Says At Shock Trauma After Being Shot

BALTIMORE, MD — The Baltimore police sergeant shot in front of his home this week is showing signs of improvement. He released a video letting people know he was on the road to recovery.

Sgt. Isaac "Ike" Carrington, 43, was shot in an armed robbery while talking on his front lawn with a neighbor, police said. He has been at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center ever since the shooting on Thursday, Aug. 8.

"I love y'all. I'm 10-8. I'll be back," Carrington said in a YouTube video featuring him and Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison at shock trauma on Sunday, Aug.11.

Officers who are "10-8" are declaring they are in service and available to respond to calls.

The sergeant, who is a 22-year veteran of the Baltimore Police Department, was able to deliver the message from his hospital bed, as he recovers from multiple gunshot wounds.

"He still has a long way to go, but our prayers have been answered and now we all have to rally around getting him healed and making sure we find who did this to hold them accountable," Harrison said.

Police continue to look for the gunman.

"The investigation into the shooting of Sgt. Carrington continues as detectives work to positively identify suspects," Detective Nicole Monroe told Baltimore Patch Sunday.

Police said Carrington was on his front lawn in the 5600 block of Summerfield Avenue before 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 8, when a car believed to be an Acura pulled up, at least one man wearing a face mask got out and the suspect tried to rob the off-duty officer and his neighbor at gunpoint.

The neighbor threw his belongings down and ran, and Carrington ran the opposite direction, at which point the gunman chased Carrington and shot him multiple times.

The off-duty officer was on life support Thursday, police said.

He was responding to requests from the medical staff to squeeze his hand, the Baltimore Fraternal Order of Police reported Saturday.

Carrington remains in critical condition, Monroe said Sunday.

4 Days Since The Shooting

Here's a brief timeline of developments in the case so far:

• Thursday, Aug. 8: Carrington was shot in the 5600 block of Summerfield Avenue in northeast Baltimore before 3:30 p.m. He was shot in his back, right leg and left arm, according to The Baltimore Sun, which reported neighbors rushed to help apply pressure to his wounds until an ambulance arrived. He underwent surgery Thursday and was on life support at shock trauma, police said that night.
• Friday, Aug. 9: Police arrested two people in Lansdowne, after the blue Acura they were in did not pull over in an attempted traffic stop in south Baltimore and was ultimately stopped on Annapolis Road at Park Drive in the Baltimore Highlands area. Officials later determined the two people and the car were not connected to the shooting of Carrington, WBAL reported.
• Saturday, Aug. 10: Another blue Acura was pursued in connection with the case, this one in Perry Hall, according to WJZ, which reported the pursuit started in northeast Baltimore City, someone in the car threw a gun out the window on Belair Road at Overlea Avenue and the Acura was stopped ultimately on Plantaganet Circle at Seven Courts Drive. Meanwhile, at shock trauma, Baltimore Fraternal Order of Police President Mike Mancuso reported Carrington was in stable condition and responding to medical staff's requests to squeeze their hands.
• Sunday, Aug. 11: Police Commissioner Michael Harrison and Carrington released a YouTube video from the hospital room at shock trauma, where the police sergeant assured everyone that he was 10-8 and would "be back."

Here are the two vehicles police pursued Friday and Saturday:

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Reward Offered For Info

The Special Investigation Response Team and homicide unit are working on the case.

There is a $19,000 reward for information.

Anyone with information about the shooting can call Baltimore homicide detectives at 410-396-2100. Those who want to remain anonymous can call Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP.