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Maryland Man Gets Life In Prison For Home Invasion Robbery, Police Shootout Maryland Man Gets Life In Prison For Home Invasion Robbery, Police Shootout
Maryland Man Gets Life In Prison For Home Invasion Robbery, Police Shootout A Maryland man was sentenced to life in prison for his role in a home invasion robbery and a subsequent police shootout in 2020, authorities announced. Andre Smith and Stephen Warren, who was sentenced to 90 years behind bars, broke into a home on the 1300 block of Capital View Terrace in Landover in August 2020, and threatened a mother and her daughter, Prince George's County Police said. There, they threatened a mom and her daughter at gunpoint, demanding money, the PG Office of the State’s Attorney said. A dashcam recording from arriving officers shows the first officer being shot …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Police ID Ex-Con Killed In Virginia Shootout Police ID Ex-Con Killed In Virginia Shootout
Police ID Ex-Con Killed In Virginia Shootout Police have identified the 37-year-old ex-con who was killed in a police shootout earlier this week in Fairfax County. Christian Parker, of Reston, had been wanted for firing a gun in a home Sunday and other offenses when police confronted him in the parking lot of the Springfield Mall around 4:30 p.m. Thursday, June 30, county police said. Parker had been convicted of "many, many felonies," Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said. When officers found him in the lot, they positioned their cars in a way to stop his escape.  Parker entered his car as officers approached, and three offi…

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by Josh Lanier & Cecilia Levine
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IDs Released Of Officers, Gunman Involved In Deadly Towson Shooting IDs Released Of Officers, Gunman Involved In Deadly Towson Shooting
IDs Released Of Officers, Gunman Involved In Deadly Towson Shooting The Baltimore County officers and a gunman involved in a Towson shootout over the weekend have been identified, authorities say. Officer S. Johnson, Officer C. Klapha, and Officer R. Fitzgerald were the officials involved in the shooting of Joseph Robert Henry Thompson, 66, who was killed, according to the Maryland Attorney General's Office. Thompson was shot by officers after firing his gun at them outside of an apartment on the 500 block of Virginia Avenue shortly before 9 p.m., Saturday, June 4. During the gunfire exchange, one officer was shot resulting in non-life-threatening injuries…

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by Annie DeVoe