Abingdon Man to be Charged in Officer Shooting: Police

Aberdeen Police plan to charged a second suspect in the Friday morning shooting of a police officer.

Scott Patrick Lawrence, 26, of the 3800 block of Washington Avenue in Abingdon, will be charged with attempted murder and other offenses connected to the shooting of an Aberdeen policeman, officials reported.

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Police said Officer Jason Easton was shot in the face while responding to a 2:27 a.m. call for suspicious circumstance in the 500 block of Ohio Court in Aberdeen.

Officer Easton was in the backyard speaking with the man who reported the situation when a shot was fired from the tree line, police said.

The injured officer, whose face was hit by six to eight projectiles, was airlifted to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, where he underwent surgery at approximately 5 p.m., Aberdeen Police reported.

Police said Friday evening that the surgery was believed to have gone well.

In the aftermath of the shooting, police initially identified Tyler Scott Testerman, 21, as the man responsible, and it was not clear there was a second suspect.

Testerman was taken into custody at approximately 10:25 a.m. Officials said they planned to charge Testerman with attempted murder and other related offenses.

At 6 p.m., authorities said that there was a second suspect, and after 9 p.m., authorities identified him as the 26-year-old Abingdon man.

“Through a relentless investigation, Mr. Lawrence was developed as a second suspect in the shooting of Officer Jason Easton,” Aberdeen Police said in a statement at approximately 9:30 p.m.

Police said that a .410-caliber shotgun was found, although it was not immediately available where it was located and whether it was connected to the arrest of Lawrence.

Pictured, Scott Patrick Lawrence, 26, of Abingdon. Photo courtesy of Aberdeen Police.