Northern District Officer on Leave After Suspect Shot

A Northern District police officer was placed on administrative leave after his involvement in the shooting death of a man who police said assaulted an officer, stole a patrol car and led officers on a chase ending in the Patapsco Village Shopping Center.

According to the Maryland Gazette, Cpl. Eric Burns, a 19-year county police veteran assigned to the Northern District, was placed on routine administrative leave after the

He is one of as many as four officers—three from Baltimore County—who discharged their weapons and fired several shots at , 26, according to police officials.

All four officers are on administrative leave, according to the Maryland Gazette.

As reported by Arbutus Patch, the , when police attempted to pull over a white Nissan at Harlem Lane and Edmondson Avenue in Catonsville, officials said.

The driver of the Nissan headed southbound on the outer loop of the Beltway and evaded a second attempt by police to pull him over, then crashed at the split of the I-695 Beltway and northbound I-95, according to police.

When a Baltimore County police officer responded to the crash scene, the suspect reportedly fought the officer, said he had a gun and would shoot the officer, then stole the officer's vehicle, officials said.

The cruiser was traced to a Motel 6 on Caton Avenue in Baltimore where officers saw a dark-colored Ford Bronco flee the parking lot at a high rate of speed, according to police.

Police stopped the Bronco and as they were removing three occupants, a fourth passenger jumped into the driver's seat and fled in the Bronco, officials said.

The Bronco was stopped on the 3400 block of Annapolis Road in Baltimore when it collided with a police car, according to officials.

Four police officers—three from Baltimore County and one from Anne Arundel County—discharged their weapons and fired several shots at the suspect, according to officials.

According to video shown on WJZ-TV, the gunfire was over in three seconds.