Police Officer Fatally Shot in Catonsville

by Esther French

A Baltimore County police officer was fatally shot Wednesday morning while serving a warrant at a Catonsville home.

Officer Jason Schneider, 36, was a 13-year veteran of the force, assigned to the tactical division since 2004, according to police.

The shooting occurred sometime around 5:30 a.m. on Roberts Avenue, off Winters Lane, The Baltimore Sun reported. Police said the Shneider was going room-to-room inside the home when he was shot several times, but was able to return fire and hit a suspect, who was transferred to Maryland Shock Trauma Center in critical condition, according to The Sun.

Police have not yet identified the suspect. 

There have been an unusually high number of shootings in the Catonsville area this month. Two men were injured in a shooting on Edmondson Avenue Aug. 17. On Aug. 19, a man was shot during an altercation on Winters Lane. Two days later, a 16-year-old boy wasshot in the arm in the Woodlawn area.