Man Injured In Fight With Towson Police

Police say a 19-year-old man is in critical but stable condition at after an altercation with police in an apartment just north of the Baltimore City line.

The man, who police said was from the 21215 zip code in Northwest Baltimore, was arrested on a warrant for violation of a protection order, second-degree assault and resisting arrest. His name has not yet been released, pending a bail review hearing.

Police were first called to the apartment in the 500 block of Castle Drive at 10:45 p.m. on Sunday for reports of an assault, according to police spokeswoman Elise Armacost. A woman there told police she let her child's father visit, despite a protective order she had obtained against him on June 20.

According to police, after he was let inside, he punched her. Officers attempted to place the man under arrest, but he fled. Police then obtained a warrant.

Shortly after midnight Tuesday, officers responded to the apartment on Castle Drive to serve the warrant. The woman told police the man was not there, but officers spotted him through a window and ultimately located him in a narrow closet, where he refused to come out.

According to police, the suspect then reached for something on the floor of the closet and pushed the officer backwards. The two struggled, and the officer struck the suspect with his flashlight. The officer tried to hit the suspect's arm, but the suspect moved and was hit in the head.

According to police, the suspect continued to struggle and was finally placed under arrest when threatened with the use of a Taser.

The man was conscious after his arrest, but began to complain of head pain. According to the release, his condition "deteriorated after his arrival" at GBMC.

After he was taken to the hospital, police obtained a warrant for the man on a second count of second-degree assault on the officer.

An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated who was struck with the flashlight. Patch regrets the error.