Crime & Safety
Man Who Shot Officer In Gywnn Oak Is Married To Policeman's Girlfriend: Cops
A 45-year-old man was charged in the recent shooting of a Baltimore City police officer at his home in Baltimore County.
BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD — Authorities have identified the suspect in a shooting last week that injured an off-duty city police officer at home in Gwynn Oak.
The gunman in the nonfatal shooting is the estranged husband of the policeman's girlfriend, according to Baltimore County public safety officials.
Antonio Tremayne Jones, 45, of the 4900 block of Aberdeen Avenue in Baltimore, is charged with attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault and using a firearm in a felony crime. He is being held without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center and is slated to appear for June 16 hearing Baltimore County District Court.
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Officials allege Jones fired a shot through the officer's front door at 11:22 p.m. on Wednesday, May 17. The officer, whose address police did not want to disclose, was taken to a local hospital and was expected to survive.
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Photo of Antonio Tremayne Jones courtesy of the Baltimore County Police Department.
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