DC Man Shot By Police In Jessup Charged With Assault

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JESSUP, Md. (WJZ) — A 31-year-old D.C. antheral has been charged aft an incidental Monday nighttime successful which helium was changeable by a Howard County constabulary officer.

Donte Bernard Shaw was released from Shock Trauma Tuesday and taken into custody. He is charged with 2 counts each of first-degree battle and second-degree battle against a instrumentality enforcement officer.

Police said officers learned of a radical of suspects, who had unfastened apprehension warrants successful different jurisdictions, had stolen a ample magnitude of powerfulness tools and different items from a Lowe’s successful Elkridge. They recovered the suspects successful 2 cars and followed them to Life Storage successful the 8200 artifact of Washington Boulevard successful Jessup, wherever they reportedly saw the suspects with the stolen items.

Police said erstwhile the officers confronted the conveyance Shaw was in, helium rammed a constabulary car portion attempting to flee. Police said Shaw was changeable astatine this clip by Officer Brian Meekins, a six-year seasoned of the section assigned to the repetition offender division.

Meekins and different serviceman suffered insignificant injuries during the incident. Police said Meekins is present connected modular administrative leave.

Police past arrested the 3 different suspects. In the vehicles, officers recovered 3 loaded handguns, 1 of which was successful Shaw’s car. Police said nary different shots were fired astatine the scene.

Shaw was besides charged with limb violations, theft, and demolition of property.

Taquan Neal, 32, of District Heights, and Percy Brown, 26, of Capitol Heights were each charged with limb violations and theft. George Shaw, 48, of Temple Hills, was charged with theft.

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