According to police, Torbit was hit by 20 rounds as he lay on the ground outside the lounge. The Baltimore Sun reports Torbit, a narcotics officer was on duty and called to the nightclub when a “Signal 13,” code for an officer in distress was put out by dispatchers. On Monday, January 10 police confirmed William H. “Several officers fired multiple shots and, as a result of that, one of our officers – an eight-year veteran 33-year old male – was shot and killed.” During the course of that effort, there was an altercation that took place very near the club and some officers worked to intercede in that fight, at which time some gunshots were discharged,” said Baltimore City Police Commissioner Frederick Bealefeld, III during a press conference just hours after the shootings in front of University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center where the victims were treated. “Officers from throughout the downtown responded to help disburse the crowd and break up some of the fights. ![]() According to police a plain clothes officer who attempted to break up a fight between several women was attacked by a group of men when he pulled his gun to defend himself and that’s when several shots were fired. ![]() An early morning melee at a downtown Baltimore nightclub has left two people dead including another Baltimore police officer, but this time the officer’s death was at the hands of one of their own.Ī phalanx of police vehicles raced to the Select Lounge nightclub on North Paca Street in the wee hours of January 9 in response to a disturbance near the club.
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