3 More Teens Arrested After Death Of Female Officer

PERRY HALL, Md. (AP) – The Latest on the slaying of a police officer in Baltimore County, Maryland (all times local):
    
10:55 a.m.
    
Authorities in Baltimore County say three additional teenagers have been taken into custody after a female officer was killed.
    
Baltimore County’s public safety department tweeted Tuesday morning that the teenagers are suspects in area burglaries.
    
The department did not say whether the three played any role in the officer’s death.
    
Another suspect, 16-year-old Dawnta Anthony Harris, was arrested Monday. He is charged as an adult with first-degree murder.
    
According to court records, Harris told a detective he was waiting in the driver’s seat of a Jeep while associates committed a burglary.
    
The records say he told the detective he drove the vehicle at the officer.
    
Police spokeswoman Louise Rogers-Feher says she can’t immediately provide further details.
    
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10:20 a.m.
    
Court records say the teen arrested after a female Maryland police officer was fatally injured told a detective he drove a Jeep toward the officer.
    
A statement of probable cause dated Tuesday says Dawnta Anthony Harris was taken into custody near where the Jeep was found abandoned.
    
The probable cause statement says the slain Baltimore County officer was Amy Caprio.
    
Scott Shellenberger, the state’s attorney for Baltimore County, told The Associated Press that the 16-year-old has been charged as an adult. Court records show he faces a charge of first-degree murder. The Associated Press does not ordinarily identify underage suspects unless they face adult charges.
    
The records don’t list an attorney for Harris and attempts to people believed to be his family members were not immediately successful. A court hearing was scheduled for 1 p.m.
    
The document says officers responding to the scene found Caprio suffering from traumatic injuries in the roadway.
    
A search was underway Monday morning for three other suspects.
    
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9:45 a.m.
    
A Maryland prosecutor says a teen arrested in the death of a Baltimore County police officer is being charged with murder and treated as an adult.
    
Scott Shellenberger, the state’s attorney for Baltimore County, told The Associated Press that the 16-year-old suspect is scheduled to appear before a judge at a Towson courthouse at 1 p.m. Tuesday.
    
The Baltimore County Police and Fire Department said Tuesday on Twitter that the 16-year-old was arrested shortly after the female officer was fatally injured Monday. The police tweet did not explain the delay in announcing the teen’s apprehension. The teen’s name was not immediately released.
    
The officer was fatally wounded while investigating a report of a suspicious vehicle in a greater Baltimore suburb. A search continued for three other suspects.
    
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8:10 a.m.
    
Police say a teen has been arrested after the slaying of a Baltimore County, Maryland, police officer, and three other suspects are still being sought.
    
The Baltimore County Police and Fire Department said Tuesday on Twitter that the 16-year-old was arrested shortly after the female officer was fatally injured Monday. The police tweet did not explain the delay in announcing the teen’s apprehension. The teen’s name was not immediately released. Police said he is awaiting a bail hearing.
    
The officer was fatally wounded while investigating a report of a suspicious vehicle in a greater Baltimore suburb. The suspects were considered armed and dangerous.
    
Baltimore County Police Cpl. Shawn Vinson said Monday evening that heavily armed police – backed by trained dogs and aircraft – were conducting the wide manhunt in and around Perry Hall, Maryland, where the office was fatally injured Monday afternoon.
    
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5:50 a.m.
    
Schools in Baltimore County, Maryland, are set to open on time Tuesday, a day after the slaying of a police officer forced teachers and students to stay inside their school buildings.
    
School officials tweeted overnight that all of the county’s public schools would open on time. They said additional police would be on hand at Perry Hall area schools, and additional student support services would also be available there.
    
Meanwhile, authorities continued searching for suspects believed to be armed and dangerous after a female officer was fatally wounded while investigating a report of a suspicious vehicle in a greater Baltimore suburb.
    
Baltimore County Police Cpl. Shawn Vinson said Monday evening that heavily armed police – backed by trained dogs and aircraft – were conducting the wide manhunt in and around Perry Hall, Maryland, where the office was fatally injured Monday afternoon.
    
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12:01 a.m.
    
Police say they are searching overnight for suspects believed to be armed and dangerous after the death of a female officer killed while investigating a report of a suspicious vehicle in a greater Baltimore suburb.
    
Baltimore County Police Cpl. Shawn Vinson said Monday evening that heavily armed police – backed by trained dogs and aircraft – were conducting the wide manhunt in and around Perry Hall, Maryland, where the office was fatally injured Monday afternoon.
    
The police spokesman says "the dark will not hamper our investigation."
    
Witnesses reported hearing a pop and seeing the officer being run over by a Jeep Monday afternoon. The officer, who wasn’t immediately identified, was pronounced dead at a hospital.
    
Vinson says officers recovered the suspects’ abandoned Jeep. He wouldn’t confirm if the vehicle was used to injure the officer.