A trio of 14-year-old car thieves slammed a stolen vehicle into a Baltimore police officer who opened fire as he was hit — and while the teens managed to get away from the scene, police said they arrested them days later.
Officer William Cole responded around 12:05 a.m. Sunday to an attempted break-in call, WBAL-TV reported.
‘I need a medic!’
Police released Cole’s body-worn camera video, which showed the officer arriving at the location on West Lombard Street; he soon encountered multiple people in a Kia sedan that backed up and struck a parked vehicle, the station said.
When Cole ordered the driver to stop, the driver backed up again and struck the officer, WBAL said, citing the video.
Police said Cole fired his gun once at the car as he fell, the station said, adding that the driver fled the scene and hit another vehicle as well as the officer’s patrol car in the process.
Video then shows an injured man approaching the officer from across the street and collapsing.
The officer is heard saying on the bodycam video, “I need a medic! You good, bro? I got you. What’s wrong, bro, you OK?”
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Police said the officer rendered aid to the 21-year-old injured man who was assaulted by multiple people before the officer’s arrival at the scene, WBAL reported; the victim wasn’t taken to a hospital.
However, the officer at the scene injured his ankle and was treated and released from a hospital, the station said.
Police told WBAL that officers found the Kia in question abandoned on South Arlington Avenue and that the vehicle was reported stolen Saturday from East Chase Street.
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Police said detectives were able to identify two of the Kia’s occupants as two 14-year-old boys who have prior charges of robbery and auto theft and were on electronic monitoring as a result. Detectives arrested the boys Monday on aggravated assault and auto theft charges. They remain detained at Juvenile Booking.
Police said detectives later identified the driver of the Kia as a 14-year-old girl. During her arrest on Tuesday, police said officers learned the girl had been treated at a hospital on Sunday for a wound to her right wrist. The girl’s mother told detectives that the injury may be a gunshot graze wound; police said further investigation is needed to determine the cause of the injury. The girl was taken to Juvenile Booking, where she was charged with aggravated assault and stolen auto. She was later released on electronic monitoring.
Teen crime in Baltimore despite electronic monitoring is not a new phenomenon. Last summer, a 13-year-old with a GPS ankle monitor who had been arrested 18 times for felonies was charged in connection with a violent city crime spree.
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