A police officer at Coppin State University in Baltimore shot and killed a man who had just fired at a moving car near the campus, authorities said.
(FOX)- The suspected shooter was pronounced dead on the scene Tuesday evening and the officer wasn’t hurt, Baltimore police spokesman T.J. Smith said at a news conference at the northwest Baltimore site. There were no reports of any other injuries.
Smith said that around 6:20 p.m., two cars approached from a nearby mall on a street near the campus. A uniformed campus officer was driving an unmarked car on the same street as part of a patrol to deter vehicle break-ins, he said.
The police spokesman said one of the cars stopped and the officer’s vehicle stopped behind it. A man got out of the passenger side of the car and began shooting at the second car approaching from the mall, Smith said.
The university officer then got out of his vehicle and shot at the gunman, striking him, Smith said, adding the two cars then sped away. A gun was recovered at the site, Smith said.
The university’s officers don’t wear body cameras but surveillance cameras recorded some of the incident, Smith said.