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TOWSON, Md. (AP) — The Latest on the death of a Maryland police officer killed in the line of duty Monday (all times local):
8:30 p.m.
Baltimore County police say the search for a suspects or suspects in the death of a veteran female officer will continue through the night hours.
Police Cpl. Shawn Vinson said at a news briefing Monday evening that canine units and aviation units are part of the extensive manhunt that is continuing in and around a suburban Baltimore community where the office was fatally injured. The police spokesman says, "The dark will not hamper our investigation."
Witnesses reported hearing a pop and seeing the officer run over by a Jeep Monday afternoon. The officer, who wasn't immediately identified, was later pronounced dead at a hospital.
Vinson says officers recovered the suspects' Jeep, found ditched on a road. He wouldn't say if the vehicle might have been used to injure the officer, only that it was involved in the overall crime.
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6 p.m.
Authorities say a Baltimore County police officer who was fatally injured while investigating a suspicious vehicle had been on the force for almost four years.
Police spokesman Shawn Vinson says state and federal law enforcers are searching for multiple suspects.
Volunteer firefighter Logan Kurek says he ran outside and performed CPR on the officer until paramedics arrived, and says her injuries were consistent with being run over by a car.
Vinson said the officer was critically injured about 2 p.m. Monday, but police could not immediately confirm whether she was shot or run over by a vehicle.
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4:45 p.m.
Baltimore County authorities are telling motorists to avoid the Perry Hall area and say residents should shelter in place while they hunt for at least one armed suspect in the fatal shooting of a police officer.
Students at three local elementary schools are being held inside their buildings on alert status because of the police activity. Parents are being told to contact school administrators for further instructions.
Gov. Larry Hogan said in a tweet Monday afternoon that the female officer was shot.
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4:10 p.m.
Authorities say a Maryland police officer has been injured while investigating a suspicious vehicle.
Baltimore County authorities said the officer was taken to a local hospital after the incident Monday afternoon, and that police were searching for at least one armed suspect.
Police spokeswoman Julia Hardgrove said the officer was injured while investigating a vehicle on Linwen Way in the community of Perry Hall.
Hardgrove said she could not confirm that the officer had been shot.
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