A Calvert County man was shot and wounded by a member of the sheriff’s Special Operations Team (SOT) after a standoff June 8 in Lower Marlboro, police said.
According to a Calvert County Sheriff’s Office press release, the wounded man—age 63, from the Lower Marlboro area—was transported by Maryland State Police (MSP) helicopter to Prince George’s Hospital Center after being shot in the left arm.
A spokesperson for the sheriff’s office said investigators are not divulging how many rounds were fired during the incident until their probe is complete. The spokesperson did confirm that the unidentified man was hit in the chest with a projectile other than a live bullet.
According to the press release, officers from the sheriff’s office and MSP’s Prince Frederick Barrack were dispatched to the Lower Marlboro area around 1:02 p.m. for a “firearms complaint. Upon their arrival they discovered an armed subject in the woods holding a gun,” the press release stated. “After lengthy negotiations, the subject failed to disarm himself.”
At that point, the SOT was dispatched to the scene.
The armed man “pointed the gun at one of the SOT members,” the press release stated. “The officer then had to discharge his weapon in self-defense, striking the subject in the arm.”
Earlier in the siege, units from the Huntingtown Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad (Company 6) were dispatched to the scene. According to Chief Jonathan Riffe of Company 6, the wounded man sustained nonlife-threatening injuries.
The Calvert Investigative Team (CIT) is continuing to examine the incident.
