Off-Duty Officer Accidentally Shoots Teen Boy
RANDALLSTOWN, Md. (WJZ) -- Baltimore County police are investigating a police-involved shooting in Randallstown that injured a teenage boy.
According to police, Baltimore police officers were working at their secondary job as apartment complex security Monday evening, when they were asked to investigate a burglary by the manager.
Investigators believe the two armed security officers were working for the Woodrudge apartment complex when they learned about people in a vacant apartment under construction. When security approached the building, they could see and hear movement inside.
A person came out on the balcony, and the officer --who was pointing in the direction of the person -- told another responding officer that his weapon discharged accidentally.
The person on the balcony went inside and fled the scene, running to his nearby residence.
Police units responded to the 9600 block of Southall Road for two calls between 5:53 p.m. and 5:56 p.m. --- one for a shooting in the 9600 block of Button Buck Circle and the second for an accidental discharge along Southall Road.
Police learned a 14-year-old boy was struck and it cause non-life threatening injuries.
The Baltimore County off-duty officer whose weapon fired will be placed on administrative status during the investigation. The officer is not being identified at this time.
This incident is under active investigation by the Baltimore County Police Homicide Unit.
When the homicide investigation is complete, the report will be sent to the Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office.