BALTIMORE — A Baltimore County Police officer shot in the line of duty Thursday was released from Shock Trauma Sunday afternoon.
The officer underwent emergency surgery after a gunman opened fire in the parking lot of the Baltimore County Police Department's Wilkens Precinct.
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Fellow officers, family members, and medical staff lined up outside the hospital to greet the wounded seven-year veteran as they headed home to continue their recovery.
A pair of Baltimore County EMTs who initially transported the injured officer to the hospital, were among those on hand.
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Two other veteran officers, Smith and Wright, who also happened to be in the parking lot, returned fire striking the alleged shooter.
Police have not revealed the suspect's name or a potential motive for the shooting. At last check they too were hospitalized for gunshot wounds to the lower body.
