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Man dies following January 31 officer-involved shooting in Baltimore County

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BALTIMORE COUNTY — A man dies from injuries sustained during a January police-involved shooting in White Marsh.

Around 6 a.m., on Jan. 31, Baltimore County Police were conducting surveillance on a SUV occupied by two people outside the Royal Farms in the 10700 block of Pulaski Highway.

The two people, a man and a woman, were already wanted by police with multiple outstanding warrants.

Detectives attempted to block in the car in order to capture the driver. As this was happening, the driver allegedly struck a police vehicle, causing Detective J. Trenary to fire their gun according to the report.

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The SUV continued traveling through a parking lot and struck an unrelated person before crashing.

The driver, who is identified as 37-year-old Brian McCourry Jr., was struck in the upper body and suffered life-threatening injuries. He was taken to a hospital where pronounced dead on March 3.

Trenary is a 16-year veteran of the Baltimore County Police Department.

Detectives assigned to the Baltimore County Police Department's Criminal Apprehension Support Team are not equipped with body-worn cameras, and the involved police vehicles are not equipped with dashboard cameras.

The Independent Investigations Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General began investigating this shooting on January 31.