By Kevin Dayhoff
The three suspects are currently detained at the Westminster
State Police barrack awaiting criminal charges as police continue to sort out
the details of the crime.
The victims have been identified as Alan J. Kent, 26, and
Samantha L. Stanley, 19; both of Taneytown. According to a release from the
state police, Stanley was not physically hurt.
At around 2:23 a.m., Friday, police and emergency medical
personnel were alerted to respond to reports of a shooting and armed robbery in
3900-block of Old Taneytown Road, Taneytown.
Upon arrival, police discovered that Kent had been “struck
in the back of the head by what may have been an expandable baton,” and wounded
by a gunshot.
The suspects had fled the scene.
According to a state police report, “Kent sustained a
gunshot wound to the leg and was flown by Maryland State Police helicopter to
the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he is being treated for
what are believed to be non-life threatening injuries.”
The preliminary findings reported by the state police reveal
Stanley was visiting at Kent’s residence when male suspects arrived at the home
about 2:00 a.m. and called Kent outside.”
Police report that while one male remained with Kent, three
other men came into the house, where a handgun was displayed and pointed at her
and information was demanded “about what was in the home.”
Stanley, according to police, “said the man shot Kent’s dog
when it came toward the suspect. The dog has been transported to a veterinarian
for treatment…
“After removing a suitcase from the house, the victims said
all four suspects left in a light colored Ford Explorer.”
An alert by police was broadcast on police scanners for the
suspects. Police units from area departments responded to the area to assist
with the search, including Carroll County sheriff’s office deputies and
officers from the Taneytown Police Department.
Shortly after, “a Taneytown police officer searching the
area spotted a light-colored Ford Explorer on Courier Court in Taneytown,” say
police.
When the officer stopped the vehicle, “two African American
males fled on foot and were not located. The officer took two other males into
custody.”
Subsequently, “police observed what appears to be blood on
the vehicle and said an expandable baton was visible inside the truck…
“The vehicle was towed to the Westminster Barrack where it
will be processed for evidence after a search warrant is obtained.”
Details concerning the apprehension of a third suspect have
not been released.
Maryland State Police investigators from the Westminster
barrack are continuing the investigation and troopers from the State
Apprehension Team, sheriff’s deputies and Taneytown police officers are
assisting with the search for the remaining suspects.
The additional suspects are described as two African
American males. “One is about 5’7” tall, with black, buzzed-cut hair, who was
wearing a black jacket and black pants. The other at-large suspect is described
as wearing a dark bandana across his face, a black jacket, and a black hood
over his head.”
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