Teen arrested after slaying of Maryland police officer

PERRY HALL, Md. (AP) — A Sixteen-year-traditional boy has been arrested after the slaying of a Baltimore County, Maryland, police officer, and three other suspects are peaceable being sought, police stated Tuesday on Twitter.

The Baltimore County Police and Fire Division stated tweeted that the teen turned into arrested quickly after the female officer turned into fatally injured Monday. The police tweet did no longer be aware the prolong in announcing the teen’s apprehension. The teen’s name turned into no longer straight launched. Police stated he is observing for a bail hearing.

Meanwhile, police backed by plane and knowledgeable canines persevered scouring the next Baltimore suburb for three other suspects.

Baltimore County Police Cpl. Shawn Vinson stated Monday night that the large manhunt turned into persevering with unabated in the suburban community of Perry Corridor, Maryland, where witnesses reported hearing a pop earlier than seeing a Jeep speed over the officer Monday afternoon.

The officer, who wasn’t straight identified, turned into bleeding badly from vital accidents and turned into pronounced ineffective after being rushed to a successfully being center. Vinson stated investigators cling recovered the suspects’ abandoned Jeep, but police declined to verify whether it turned into frail to wound the officer.

Relatives of the officer, who would were on the potential Four years by July, were notified.

Tony Kurek instructed The Connected Press his grownup son turned into outdoor in the family’s yard Monday afternoon in the northeast Baltimore County community when the son saw the officer with her gun drawn, confronting the occupants of a Jeep.

« The next thing he heard turned into a pop, and he saw the Jeep pick off and speed factual over her, » stated Kurek. The auto left skid marks in the aid of, he stated, leaving the officer down and bleeding.

Logan Kurek, who is a volunteer firefighter, stated he heard his youthful brother « frantically screaming » and ran outdoor to make CPR.

Vinson stated the officer went to investigate a call just a few suspicious automobile when she encountered at the very least one suspect and turned into « seriously injured. » He added that the incompatibility would possibly well perchance perchance moreover cling stemmed from a burglary in growth, noting one dwelling on the block had hurt to a patio door.

« What precisely took plight, we are no longer particular but till an autopsy is performed, » Vinson stated at a recordsdata conference Monday. He stated he had no info about whether she had fired her have weapon.

He added that a abolish investigation has been opened. Officers were looking to search out suspects « who we mediate are armed and unhealthy, » Police Chief Terrence Sheridan stated.

Events started unfolding Monday afternoon in the leafy neighborhood of single-family homes. It turned into then that Kurek’s neighbor, Dahle Amendt, stated he had actual settled into his recliner for a leisure when he heard a girl’s convey outdoor his dwelling.

« I heard, ‘Secure out of the auto!’ ‘Secure out of the auto!’ Secure out of the auto!’ at the very least three cases, and then a pop, » Amendt stated.

Amendt stated his companion also ran outdoor and tried to revive the officer.

« Here’s a shock. It be a peaceable community. It be actual so sad, » Amendt stated.

Investigators told residents in a huge swath of Perry Corridor to preserve hunkered down internal their homes and lock all doors and dwelling windows as officers search the community fringed with woodlands. Three basic faculties were saved on alert plan for hours, with college students and teachers instructed to preserve in their college structures as police persevered a look forward to the suspects. By Monday night, fogeys were allowed to attain aid to the colleges to grab up their youngsters.

College officers tweeted overnight that every Baltimore County public faculties would originate on time Tuesday.

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Rankin reported from Richmond, Virginia. Connected Press creator Denise Lavoie also contributed from Richmond.