Crime & Safety

Towson Shooting Victim Flags Down Police

Incident near the traffic circle in Towson appears unrelated to a nearby fight outside a bar.

Baltimore County Police are investigating the shooting of a man in Towson early Sunday morning.

"He stopped one of our officers at the roundabout," at about 1:14 a.m. Sunday, said Cpl. J. Kelly, spokesman for the Baltimore County Police Department.

The unidentified man suffered from a gunshot wound to the hand and was taken to the hospital, Kelly said.

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Information on the victim's age, where the incident took place, and how he was shot, were not available, Kelly said.

The incident appears to be unrelated to a fight outside The Green Turtle that occurred around the same time. Police were forced to use pepper spray on that crowd and made multiple arrests.

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