Baltimore Cop Shot Sitting in Unmarked Car — Suspect Killed

An as-yet-unidentified suspect shot a Baltimore police officer while the officer sat in an unmarked police vehicle on Monday. The officer and/or his partner, both in plainclothes, returned fire, striking the suspect multiple times. The suspect later died from his wounds.

Two members of the Baltimore Police Department Warrant Apprehension Task Force sat in an unmarked police car on Monday morning at about 9:41 a.m. The officers were attempting to locate a suspect in a domestic violence case, the Baltimore Sun reported. While conducting surveillance, a man pulled up to the intersection, got out of his car, and fired multiple shots into the police vehicle, police told the local newspaper.

One of the rounds struck one of the officers in the upper thigh. Police report that one or more of the officers returned fire striking the suspect multiple times. Officials have not disclosed which officer or if both returned fire.