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12-14-2006, 04:47 AM
I just received this about a MD Trooper trying to arrest someone.
"Highly Decorated" State Trooper Critical After Shooting
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
WBAL Radio and The Associated Press
A Maryland State Police trooper was "critically ill" after being shot Tuesday while trying to arrest a suspect in a home invasion and abduction last week.
Trooper 1st Class Eric D. Workman, 36, was hit in the left armpit about 5 a.m. as he started up a flight of stairs inside a house along Forest Park Avenue in Baltimore County. Police said a man appeared at the top of the stairway and opened fire on Workman and members of the Baltimore Warrant Fugitive Task Force.
Officers returned the fire, fatally wounding Steven T. Jones, 38, of Baltimore, said Greg Shipley, a state police spokesman. Shipley said Jones had an extensive criminal history and court records show arrests dating to at least 1986, including drug and theft charges.
Workman was in critical condition and on life support at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, said Dr. Thomas Scalea, Shock Trauma's physician in chief. Workman, who was wearing a ballistic vest, was struck by a bullet that went through his left chest and into the left side of his abdomen, damaging his left kidney, left lung and the left side of his spleen.
"This is not over by a long, long shot," Scalea said. "We've got to get him through the next hours and days."
Police said the suspect whom officers were trying to arrest was a man who had fled an Eldersburg home Thursday after the home invasion. Two men had burst into the home, restraining the homeowner's son, a daughter and the daughter's fiance with handcuffs and duct tape.
When the homeowner's other son, a 25-year-old man, came to the house, one of the suspects handcuffed him and forced him at gunpoint to go to a check-cashing and bail bonds business in Randallstown where the victim worked. Relatives of the victim notified Baltimore County police, who rescued the victim and arrested Ronald J. Presco, 36, of Baltimore.
The second suspect fled the Eldersburg home before state police arrived.
State police had obtained an arrest warrant for the second suspect, charging him with 15 criminal counts, and contacted the task force for help in trying to find him. When they arrived early Tuesday at the Woodlawn house, they knocked at the door and the owner let them in, according to a state police news release. The officers were told the suspect was upstairs and had begun to head up the stairs when the shots were fired.
It had not been determined how many shots were fired. Another trooper who is a task force member fired his weapon, as did at least one other task force member, state police said. The suspect died at the scene.
At the brick house at the end of a four-house row near the Baltimore city-county border, Christmas decorations dotted the lawn and the windows. Police cruisers and fire trucks swarmed the neighborhood.
Police found a handgun at the scene. They were not sure of the relationship between the suspect and the owner of the house, but said they did not believe the suspect lived there.
Workman was also treated extensively at Shock Trauma in 1998 after a car struck him along the Capital Beltway in Prince George's County, sending him flying 60 feet and into another trooper. Scalea treated Workman then and said Tuesday, "I can't tell you how sorry I am to be in this position again."
Col. Thomas E. "Tim" Hutchins, the state police superintendent, called Workman "one tough trooper" and said he was known for his "dedication and tenacity."
Workman has been a trooper since 1997 and has been highly decorated, Hutchins said. He is assigned to the criminal investigation section of the Westminster barracks.
He has a brother who is a police officer in Fairfax County, Va. The brother was on his way Tuesday to the hospital, and Gov. Robert Ehrlich and Hutchins were also there.
Maryland State Police Release:
A Maryland state trooper is in critical condition after being shot by a kidnapping suspect he and members of a fugitive task force were attempting to arrest in a Baltimore County home early this morning.
The trooper is identified as Trooper First Class Eric D. Workman, 36, who is an investigator assigned to the Criminal Investigation Section at the Westminster Barracks. TFC Workman is in critical condition at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center.
The wanted suspect is a 38-year-old Baltimore man, who is not being named until positive identity is made and family is notified. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. Overnight, Maryland State Police enlisted the assistance of the Baltimore Warrant Fugitive Task Force in an attempt to locate a suspect wanted for a home invasion and kidnapping that occurred in Carroll County on December 7, 2006. State Police had obtained an arrest warrant, charging the suspect with 15 criminal counts.
During the search early this morning, police obtained information that the suspect was in a home in the 5500-block of Forest Park Avenue, in the Woodlawn area of Baltimore County. Shortly after 5:00 a.m. today, state troopers and members of the Baltimore Warrant Fugitive Task Force knocked at the door of the residence and were given access by the owner. Police were told the suspect was upstairs.
As police went up the stairs, the suspect came out and immediately began shooting. TFC Workman was struck as he began to climb the stairs. The preliminary investigation indicates that another trooper, who is a member of the Warrant Fugitive Task Force, returned fire, as did at least one other member of the Task Force.
The suspect was wounded. Responding medics pronounced him dead at the scene.
State Police investigators have recovered a handgun at the scene of the shooting. Police are not certain of the relationship between the suspect and homeowner, but do not believe that was the suspect's permanent address. TFC Workman has been a state trooper since 1997. He is a decorated trooper who is known for his dedication and tenacity as a criminal investigator. He is single and has no children. Members of his immediate family are with him at Shock Trauma, as is Colonel Thomas E. Hutchins, Secretary of the Maryland Department of State Police and many fellow state troopers and police officers.
"Highly Decorated" State Trooper Critical After Shooting
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
WBAL Radio and The Associated Press
A Maryland State Police trooper was "critically ill" after being shot Tuesday while trying to arrest a suspect in a home invasion and abduction last week.
Trooper 1st Class Eric D. Workman, 36, was hit in the left armpit about 5 a.m. as he started up a flight of stairs inside a house along Forest Park Avenue in Baltimore County. Police said a man appeared at the top of the stairway and opened fire on Workman and members of the Baltimore Warrant Fugitive Task Force.
Officers returned the fire, fatally wounding Steven T. Jones, 38, of Baltimore, said Greg Shipley, a state police spokesman. Shipley said Jones had an extensive criminal history and court records show arrests dating to at least 1986, including drug and theft charges.
Workman was in critical condition and on life support at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, said Dr. Thomas Scalea, Shock Trauma's physician in chief. Workman, who was wearing a ballistic vest, was struck by a bullet that went through his left chest and into the left side of his abdomen, damaging his left kidney, left lung and the left side of his spleen.
"This is not over by a long, long shot," Scalea said. "We've got to get him through the next hours and days."
Police said the suspect whom officers were trying to arrest was a man who had fled an Eldersburg home Thursday after the home invasion. Two men had burst into the home, restraining the homeowner's son, a daughter and the daughter's fiance with handcuffs and duct tape.
When the homeowner's other son, a 25-year-old man, came to the house, one of the suspects handcuffed him and forced him at gunpoint to go to a check-cashing and bail bonds business in Randallstown where the victim worked. Relatives of the victim notified Baltimore County police, who rescued the victim and arrested Ronald J. Presco, 36, of Baltimore.
The second suspect fled the Eldersburg home before state police arrived.
State police had obtained an arrest warrant for the second suspect, charging him with 15 criminal counts, and contacted the task force for help in trying to find him. When they arrived early Tuesday at the Woodlawn house, they knocked at the door and the owner let them in, according to a state police news release. The officers were told the suspect was upstairs and had begun to head up the stairs when the shots were fired.
It had not been determined how many shots were fired. Another trooper who is a task force member fired his weapon, as did at least one other task force member, state police said. The suspect died at the scene.
At the brick house at the end of a four-house row near the Baltimore city-county border, Christmas decorations dotted the lawn and the windows. Police cruisers and fire trucks swarmed the neighborhood.
Police found a handgun at the scene. They were not sure of the relationship between the suspect and the owner of the house, but said they did not believe the suspect lived there.
Workman was also treated extensively at Shock Trauma in 1998 after a car struck him along the Capital Beltway in Prince George's County, sending him flying 60 feet and into another trooper. Scalea treated Workman then and said Tuesday, "I can't tell you how sorry I am to be in this position again."
Col. Thomas E. "Tim" Hutchins, the state police superintendent, called Workman "one tough trooper" and said he was known for his "dedication and tenacity."
Workman has been a trooper since 1997 and has been highly decorated, Hutchins said. He is assigned to the criminal investigation section of the Westminster barracks.
He has a brother who is a police officer in Fairfax County, Va. The brother was on his way Tuesday to the hospital, and Gov. Robert Ehrlich and Hutchins were also there.
Maryland State Police Release:
A Maryland state trooper is in critical condition after being shot by a kidnapping suspect he and members of a fugitive task force were attempting to arrest in a Baltimore County home early this morning.
The trooper is identified as Trooper First Class Eric D. Workman, 36, who is an investigator assigned to the Criminal Investigation Section at the Westminster Barracks. TFC Workman is in critical condition at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center.
The wanted suspect is a 38-year-old Baltimore man, who is not being named until positive identity is made and family is notified. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. Overnight, Maryland State Police enlisted the assistance of the Baltimore Warrant Fugitive Task Force in an attempt to locate a suspect wanted for a home invasion and kidnapping that occurred in Carroll County on December 7, 2006. State Police had obtained an arrest warrant, charging the suspect with 15 criminal counts.
During the search early this morning, police obtained information that the suspect was in a home in the 5500-block of Forest Park Avenue, in the Woodlawn area of Baltimore County. Shortly after 5:00 a.m. today, state troopers and members of the Baltimore Warrant Fugitive Task Force knocked at the door of the residence and were given access by the owner. Police were told the suspect was upstairs.
As police went up the stairs, the suspect came out and immediately began shooting. TFC Workman was struck as he began to climb the stairs. The preliminary investigation indicates that another trooper, who is a member of the Warrant Fugitive Task Force, returned fire, as did at least one other member of the Task Force.
The suspect was wounded. Responding medics pronounced him dead at the scene.
State Police investigators have recovered a handgun at the scene of the shooting. Police are not certain of the relationship between the suspect and homeowner, but do not believe that was the suspect's permanent address. TFC Workman has been a state trooper since 1997. He is a decorated trooper who is known for his dedication and tenacity as a criminal investigator. He is single and has no children. Members of his immediate family are with him at Shock Trauma, as is Colonel Thomas E. Hutchins, Secretary of the Maryland Department of State Police and many fellow state troopers and police officers.