A Maryland state trooper shot and killed a man who was driving a stolen SUV and used it to ram a police vehicle, pinning the officer inside at a gas station in Frederick Monday morning.
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The incident began around 8 a.m.at a Sheetz store in the 1300 block of East Patrick Street.
The Frederick News-Post reports (http://bit.ly/1KAIfLg ) that police spokesman Sgt. Marc Black says a trooper was involved in a shooting at the gas station, but he did not give any details about the circumstances.
The trooper called for backup, and personnel from the Aviation Command at Frederick Municipal Airport responded. The driver then got out and allegedly initiated a confrontation with the officers. “At 8:40, a trooper in a marked Maryland State Police auto in uniform, and the Frederick Section Aviation Command trooper approached in their vehicles with the emergency equipment activated”.
TFC Jansen and another State Police flight paramedic who arrived at the scene provided immediate emergency care.
The injured officer was transported to a local hospital and is expected to recover.
As the officers approached, the man hit the gas and collided with an arriving police cruiser.
The driver jumped out of his still-moving SUV and was shot by one of the state troopers. A large folding knife was found in the man’s possession. Also found was the driver’s license of a man who Baltimore Police detectives have confirmed was the victim in a non-fatal shooting in Baltimore in July.
A gun was not found by investigators and crime scene technicians who processed the vehicle and scene in Frederick yesterday. No other weapons were found.
The shooting is under investigation, and police said they would present their findings to the Frederick County state’s attorney for review.
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Jansen, who is white, has been placed on routine administrative leave.
