RadioOnFire.com - Baltimore County officers were justified in shooting an armed robbery suspect who was killed during a police shootout the seriously injured an officer and a bystander in Dundalk, prosecutors said.
Baltimore County Deputy State’s Attorney Robin S. Coffin said video footage from police and MTA cameras show officers took proper action during their June 7 confrontation with Blaine Robert Erb, 35, on June 7.
Officer 1st Class Slocum, a 13-year veteran assigned to Precinct 12 in Dundalk, was shot twice in the lower extremity during the confrontation. She has been released from the hospital, police said June 13.
Police said officers were called around 2:49 p.m. June 7 for an armed robbery in progress on Dundalk Avenue near Avon Beach Road. Officers received information that a man robbed two people at gunpoint.
Police said the suspect got on an MTA bus at Belclare Road and Dundalk Avenue near the Logan Village Shopping Center. Officers surrounded the bus and tried to apprehend Erb before a shootout took place, police said.
Police said Erb tried to flee but collapsed a short distance from the bus, suffering at least one gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Source WBAL
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