‘Despicable’: Hogan & Officials React To Baltimore Police Officer’s Shooting

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — As connection dispersed Thursday of a Baltimore constabulary office’s shooting, truthful excessively did reactions from metropolis and authorities officials, who expressed outrage and offered condolences to the officer’s family.

The officer was ambushed astir 1:30 a.m. portion sitting successful her marked patrol car connected Pennington Avenue successful Curtis Bay, Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said. Shot aggregate times, the serviceman was taken to Shock Trauma successful captious information with life-threatening injuries.

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Mayor Brandon Scott released a connection successful the aftermath of the shooting, saying his prayers are with the officer’s family. He challenged anyone with accusation astir the shooter to travel forward.

My connection connected shooting of constabulary officer, which occurred aboriginal this greeting pic.twitter.com/AUSxjgoFyV

— Brandon M. Scott (@MayorBMScott) December 16, 2021

“My heartfelt prayers spell retired to the officer’s household and chap officers who selflessly hazard their lives to safeguard our neighborhoods and physique a amended Baltimore. Whoever committed this heinous enactment is simply a coward who indispensable beryllium brought to justness for our officer, the officer’s family, and our city,” Scott said.

City Councilman Mark Conway, who chairs the nationalist information committee, echoed the mayor’s remarks.

“I americium outraged this greeting connected behalf of this officer, their loved ones, and their colleagues,” Conway said. “To ambush an serviceman from down portion they beryllium successful their conveyance is the explanation of a cowardly act, and whoever was down this indispensable beryllium brought to justice. I americium keeping the serviceman and their household successful my thoughts and promote the radical of Baltimore to bash the same.”

In a statement, Gov. Larry Hogan condemned the “despicable” shooting and pledged the afloat enactment of the Maryland State Police to efforts to find the idiosyncratic responsible.

This morning, a Baltimore Police serviceman was changeable successful a despicable, ambush-style onslaught successful South Baltimore.

We person offered the afloat resources of the Maryland State Police to assistance successful the investigation.

I inquire each Marylanders to support the serviceman successful your prayers.

— Governor Larry Hogan (@GovLarryHogan) December 16, 2021

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“I inquire each Marylanders to support the serviceman successful your prayers,” the politician said successful part.

City Councilman Isaac “Yitzy” Schleifer said helium is “praying for this serviceman to marque a afloat recovery.”

Speaking to reporters Thursday morning, Council President Nick Mosby voiced his choler astir the shooting and asked the assemblage to commune for the officer.

“We each basal present highly angered,” Mosby said. “Angered for the constabulary serviceman that was progressive successful this cowardly act, angered for the men and women who basal adjacent to her each azygous time to hazard their lives to support our metropolis harmless and bully for her family. … I inquire the citizens of Baltimore, if you bash not person information, to conscionable pray. Pray for this officer, commune for this officer’s family.”

Former Prince George’s County enforcement and gubernatorial hopeful Rushern Baker said his thoughts are with the officer’s household and colleagues:

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“Sending heartfelt prayers to the Baltimore City constabulary serviceman who was ambushed and changeable portion on-duty this morning. I americium keeping her household and chap officers successful my thoughts. We person to adequately enactment our women and men successful the enactment of work each day, not conscionable erstwhile there’s a tragic lawsuit similar this. We indispensable code the monolithic serviceman shortage crossed MD that’s leaving galore of our officers stretched truthful bladed that they are perpetually doing overnight and overtime shifts, and bash not person the capableness to efficaciously prosecute with the assemblage oregon walk ample clip solving cases.”