CHESTERTOWN, Md. (AP) - A Maryland state trooper and a motorist were treated for injuries following an altercation early Saturday that began when the officer spotted a suspicious vehicle and ended in a vehicle pursuit, a news release said.
Maryland State Police said the driver, who was later taken into custody by law enforcement officers, had what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the upper torso.
The suspect was flown to the University of Maryland shock trauma center in Baltimore. The trooper, whom officers found lying in a ditch and may have been dragged by the vehicle, also was treated at the center, police said.
The names of the men and their conditions weren’t immediately released. State police said it will investigate what happened as a trooper-involved shooting.
The trooper located the vehicle about 3 a.m. at the end of a Chestertown road, called in a description and asked for backup, the news release said. The trooper didn’t respond to calls on his radio from other officers, who later found him in the ditch and the vehicle gone.
Queen Anne’s County sheriff’s deputies spotted the vehicle and pursued it before it ultimately was stopped. That’s when they discovered the suspect’s apparent wound, the release said.
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