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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Maryland State Police: update Trooper involved shooting fatally wounds Hampstead woman

MSP update Trooper involved shooting fatally wounds Hampstead woman

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 12, 2011


UPDATE: TROOPER INVOLVED SHOOTING FATALLY WOUNDS CARROLL CO. WOMAN

(HAMPSTEAD, MD) – A Carroll County woman armed with a handgun who was threatening suicide was fatally wounded 

by a Maryland state trooper last night after she refused repeated orders to surrender and repeatedly pointed 

the loaded gun at him.  

                    The deceased woman is identified as Satina D. White, 40, who was living with her sister 

and her sister’s teenaged daughter in the 4600-block of Upper Beckleysville Road, Hampstead, Md.  White was 

pronounced dead last night at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center.

                    The trooper involved in the shooting is identified as Trooper John Warchal, a road patrol 

trooper assigned to the Westminster Barrack.  Trooper Warchal is a three-year-veteran of the Maryland State 

Police.  

                  White’s sister called 911 shortly before 6:00 p.m. yesterday and requested police respond 

for a domestic situation involving White, whom she said had been drinking and was threatening suicide.  The 

caller said she did not feel safe with White in her home.  

                    While troopers were en route to the scene, a second call was received informing troopers 

White had armed herself with a handgun and was threatening suicide.  Her sister told the barrack police 

communications operator that White said she was going to commit suicide when the police arrived.  In fear for 

their safety, the sister and her teenaged daughter locked themselves in an upstairs bathroom and waited for 

police to arrive.  

                    Two troopers, a Hampstead Police officer and a Carroll County deputy sheriff arrived at 

the two-story home at about 6:00 p.m.  The preliminary investigation indicates White first appeared at an 

upstairs window which she knocked the screen out of and then went to a downstairs window that was open and had 

no screen in it.  White repeatedly pointed the handgun at the police officers, who continued to tell her to 

put it down.  Neighbors in the area told investigators they heard repeated police commands to drop the weapon. 



                      White refused repeated commands to drop the weapon and continued to repeatedly point the 

gun at the trooper.  In fear for his life, Trooper Warchal fired his Department-issued .40 caliber pistol, 

wounding White.  

                    Emergency care was immediately provided and EMS units were summoned to the scene.  White 

was flown by Maryland State Police medevac helicopter to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center where 

she was pronounced dead.  

                     No law enforcement officers were injured.  Trooper Warchal was the only police officer on 

the scene who fired his weapon.  

                    Police went through the home and found White’s sister and her daughter locked in the 

upstairs bathroom.  They were unharmed.  

                    White’s sister told investigators White had been drinking alcoholic beverages Sunday 

evening and again on Monday.  She said she and her sister had argued Sunday evening and again late Monday 

afternoon.  She said she had told her sister she would have to leave her residence and could no longer live 

there.  

                    Investigators believe White obtained the .45 caliber pistol from a pickup truck parked in 

the driveway of the home.  The truck belongs to the boyfriend of White’s sister.  He was not at the scene at 

the time of the incident.  Police believe the gun belonged to him.  Investigators will follow up to verify 

information about the handgun.  When police searched the truck, they found several loaded magazines and 

ammunition for a .45 caliber handgun in the console area.   

                    Members of the Maryland State Police Homicide Unit, Westminster Barrack Criminal 

Investigation Section, Internal Affairs Unit, and crime scene technicians from the State Police Forensic 

Sciences Division responded to the scene to conduct investigations.  The scene was searched and processed 

after investigators obtained a search warrant.  
                    
                    Trooper Warchal has been placed on administrative leave.  This is routine while the 

investigation into the police-involved shooting continues.  

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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

20080428 The Havenator

20080428 The Havenator

The Havenator

April 28, 2008

In a recent phone call to a certain quintessential town in Carroll, I was greeted on the phone by the friendliest and perkiest town official, who put me through to the “MML Employee of the Year.” (“Meoy” – for short. Pronounced ‘meow.’)

As I chatted with Meoy, WAB, I remembered that I have had a number of requests to post the “Havenator Series” on the blog.

Soooo, without further adieu – here goes:

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“Q” May 10, 2008

Hampstead Mayor Havenator Q. Shoemaker and former-Westminster Mayor Kevin Dayhoff share a moment as they reminisce about the “old days.” October 10, 2006 by Kevin Dayhoff (with a Chris Ammann photo.)

“The Operation on Q.” May 13, 2004 Hampstead Mayor “The Havenator” Q. Shoemaker undergoes an “operation at the hands of his family and Westminster Mayor Kevin Dayhoff.

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