Baltimore County Shooting Investigation Ends With 2 Shot: Police

ELKRIDGE, MD — An investigation into a shooting in Baltimore County led to a police-involved shooting in Howard County Thursday afternoon, according to authorities. Two suspects were shot and are hospitalized, and a third man has been taken into custody, police said.

Authorities said the incident began with a pursuit in Baltimore County, where officers had been investigating a May 19 shooting that occurred in Lansdowne. In that case, police had a warrant for the suspect who had shot at another person and missed on Hollins Ferry Road at 3rd Avenue.

Undercover investigators tracking the suspect Thursday saw him get in a car and asked if a marked patrol unit could make the traffic stop, so they could arrest the suspect wanted for the shooting. When the officer tried to stop the car around 2nd and Saratoga avenues, the vehicle took off. During the ensuing pursuit, Baltimore County provided helicopter support and tracked the vehicle into Howard County, where the suspects were ultimately arrested after a police involved shooting.

Just before 2:30 p.m, the Howard County Police Department was called to the 5600 block of Furnace Avenue in Elkridge, where authorities said they found three men in a vehicle that had been involved in the traffic stop.

Two of the men had been shot, and both were taken to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, according to police, although one at first refused to get out of the vehicle. Their status at the hospital was unavailable.

A third man in the vehicle was arrested, according to police.

Investigators said a firearm was found at the scene of the shooting, and officials did not say whether it had been used in the incident.

The Howard County Police Department is investigating the shooting and reported it was still unclear how many Baltimore County law enforcement officers were involved.