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Bodycam Footage Of Officer-Involved Shooting in Baltimore County, Maryland

Bodycam Footage Of Officer-Involved Shooting in Baltimore County, Maryland ** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) **
Baltimore County, Maryland — Baltimore County police released police body worn camera footage of the I-83 police officer-involved shooting from November 26, 2019. Baltimore County Police were called to the unit block of Pheasant Wood Court in Parkton where an individual, who had reportedly been drinking, threatening to assault a family member and himself, left the location in a vehicle. Unfortunately, in this incident, after police conducted a car stop, circumstances occurred where the man, identified as Eric John Sopp (48) of the unit block of Pheasant Wood Court, was fatally shot. Police spokeswoman Sgt. Vickie Wareheim said that after Sopp was shot, police did not recover a weapon from his body.

Shortly before 9 p.m. a 9-1-1 call was received from a family member of the Mr. Sopp indicating that he was intoxicated, threatened to hurt her and was holding a weapon, indicating he would hurt himself, as well. He left the residence in a car prior to officers arriving. Police officers were dispatched to the residence and a description of the car, the individual, and the possibility of him still being armed was communicated to other officers. The car was spotted on Mt. Carmel Road entering the ramp to southbound Interstate 83 where the car stop was initiated and the incident took place.

The officer involved in a shooting on I-83 is identified as Officer Page, a 21-year veteran of the department assigned to the Cockeysville Precinct (Precinct 7) with no prior police-involved shooting incidents. He will not face criminal charges and is back on active duty, the department announced Thursday

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