NEWS RELEASE
City of Takoma Park Police Department
• 7500 Maple Avenue • Takoma Park, Md 20912
For more information contact:
Public Information Officer (PIO)
Catherine Plevy, 301/891.7142 or 240/338.2901
December 22, 2008 (6:20 a.m.)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
On Monday, December 22, 2008, at approximately 12:13 a.m., the Takoma Park Police Department received a call for a woman crying in an apartment above in the 700 block of Hudson Avenue. A veteran female police officer responded to the scene. She located the apartment and heard a commotion outside the door. The officer demanded entry and was refused. She advised dispatch that she needed back-up assistance and was going to make entry. She made a forced entry and confronted a female victim covered in blood and a male suspect holding a knife to her throat. The victim had multiple lacerations to her head and other parts of her body. The officer demanded that the suspect drop his weapon, and when he refused, she shot him twice. One of the bullets went through the suspect striking the victim in her arm. Both victim and suspect were transported to the Med Star unit at the Washington Hospital Center. Both are in stable condition and are expected to be released later today.
Multiple patrol units from the City of Takoma Park and Montgomery County responded to the scene. Takoma Park’s Criminal Investigation Division will conduct a criminal investigation into the incident and present the facts to the State’s Attorney’s Office. A separate Internal Affairs investigation will be conducted. As is standard policy, the officer has been placed on administrative leave, with pay, pending completion of the investigation.
The victim and suspect have a history of domestic violence. There was a Protective Order against the suspect in effect. The suspect made an unlawful entry into the victim’s residence and attacked her upon her arrival home. The suspect will be charged upon his release from the hospital.
Further details will be released as they become available.
Posted by Plevy at December 22, 2008 06:20 AM