RadioOnFire.com - A Queen Anne's County sheriff's deputy is out of surgery -- but remains in critical condition -- after being shot early Thursday morning.
The incident occurred at 209 Edmore Road in Chester Harbor.
Prior to the shooting, the suspect's girlfriend requested that her father call 911 as the two were just involved in a physical altercation.
Around 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, deputies responded to the residence. Upon arrival, they found no one in the home -- the father picked up his daughter and transported her to the sheriff's office, according to Greg Shipley, spokesman for the Maryland State Police.
Just after midnight, Warren Scott Hogan, a four-year veteran of the force, escorted the female, and her parents, back to the residence to get her belongings.
Police say the suspect and his girlfriend, accompanied by Hogan, engaged in a verbal altercation upon entering the one-story home.
The suspect, identified as 52-year-old James Rich, then went into a back room, obtained a shotgun and fired a round toward the deputy. Rich and Hogan then exchanged gunfire once more, at close proximity.
Both subjects were hit -- Hogan was flown to Shock Trauma in Baltimore with a close range shotgun blast to his torso, according to Dr. Thomas Scalea, the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center Physician-in-Chief. Rich was pronounced dead at University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Chestertown.
Scalea said Hogan is still quite ill but they are hopeful in his recovery.
Source WBAL
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