CATONSVILLE, Md. (WJZ) - A Baltimore County police officer is shot and killed serving a warrant in Catonsville.
Mike Schuh reports the shooting happened Wednesday morning around 5 a.m. on Winters Lane.
Officer Jason Schneider, 36, was taken to Shock Trauma where he later died. He is married with two children and was with Baltimore County Police for 13 years. Police say there have been several shootings in the area recently, and the officer was serving a warrant at the house related to one of those shootings. Police do not believe any of the other shootings are connected. Police say the suspect was shot and is in critical condition at Shock Trauma. Neighbors tell WJZ the house where the shooting happened has been a disruptive house. They say up to 20 teens have been living there. The area around the house has been blocked off for about half a block.
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Baltimore County Police Chief James Johnson spoke to WBAL News and other reporters at Shock Trauma after word that Ofc. Schneider had died LISTEN
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz and Police Chief Jim Johnson speak outside of Shock Trauma after the death of Officer Jason Schneider LISTEN
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Mike Schuh reports the shooting happened Wednesday morning around 5 a.m. on Winters Lane.
Officer Jason Schneider, 36, was taken to Shock Trauma where he later died. He is married with two children and was with Baltimore County Police for 13 years. Police say there have been several shootings in the area recently, and the officer was serving a warrant at the house related to one of those shootings. Police do not believe any of the other shootings are connected. Police say the suspect was shot and is in critical condition at Shock Trauma. Neighbors tell WJZ the house where the shooting happened has been a disruptive house. They say up to 20 teens have been living there. The area around the house has been blocked off for about half a block.
Audio, Courtesy of WBAL
Baltimore County Police Chief James Johnson spoke to WBAL News and other reporters at Shock Trauma after word that Ofc. Schneider had died LISTEN
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz and Police Chief Jim Johnson speak outside of Shock Trauma after the death of Officer Jason Schneider LISTEN
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