A 61-year-old was transported to the hospital in critical condition after being shot during an officer-involved shooting. According to the Anne Arundel County Police Department, officers responded to an armed suicidal subject at a home in the 8600 block of Gambier Harbor in Pasadena around 1:35 p.m. on March 28, 2024. Responding officers were informed that the subject had shot and killed a cat inside the home.
At the scene, officers gave the suspect verbal commands ordering her to come out of the house. The 61-year-old woman stepped outside only to return inside. Then, she allegedly exited the home armed with a handgun. Officers gave several commands for the suspect to drop the firearm, but the suspect refused to comply with those commands.
AACPD says the suspect raised the firearm in the direction of officers who discharged their departmentally issued firearms. The suspect was struck. The female was transported to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in critical condition. A firearm was recovered from the scene. A deceased cat was found inside the home with a gunshot wound.
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