Anne Arundel County police officer in stable condition after shooting; second suspect arrested

Anne Arundel County police said Monday that the officer who was shot Friday near a 7-Eleven in Annapolis has been upgraded to stable condition.

Police arrested a second suspect Sunday in connection to the shooting that left the officer in critical condition.

Danielle Nicole Blake, 29 of Severn was charged with conspiracy to commit the following: attempted first degree murder, attempted second degree murder, assault in the first and second degree, reckless endangerment and handgun use in commission of violent crime.

The first suspect, Colvin Lamar White, 30, of Annapolis, was charged Friday with the following: attempted first degree murder, attempted second degree murder, use of a firearm in felony/violent crime, handgun on person, regulated firearm/illegal possession, conspiracy to commit robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery.

Both are being held without bond at the Anne Arundel County Detention Center.

Cpl. Larry Adams, the wounded officer, is a 10-year veteran of the agency assigned to the Patrol Services Bureau in the county’s Eastern District, police said.

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Anne Arundel County Executive Steve Schuh said that he visited with Cpl. Adams Monday at Shock Trauma at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore and said the officer is in stable condition.

Cpl. Adams’ wife, Ritu, thanked everyone for their “love, support, prayers” before she began tearing up. “My kids thank you, also.”

Lt. T.J. Smith, police spokesman, explained further on Monday how the shooting occurred.

Cpl. Adams saw a suspicious van near a BGE substation Friday in the middle of the night and ran the tags before he did his regular business check on the 7-Eleven nearby at 720 East College Parkway, Lt. Smith said.

The van was registered to Ms. Blake, who was also in the vehicle, the police spokesman said.

When he arrived at the 7-Eleven at 2:21 a.m., Cpl. Adams was told by a witness that there was a suspicious person outside the door, Lt. Smith said.

The officer “self-initiated” contact with the suspect, Lt. Smith said.

The two scuffled, and the suspect ran on foot toward the van before he turned and shot the officer about 200 feet away from the 7-Eleven, police said.

Witnesses told police they heard at least one gunshot.

“Cpl. Adams did not fire his weapon,” Lt. Smith said.

Although the officer didn’t call for backup, “the officer was not responding to his radio,” police said.

Other officers who were en route to back him up arrived at the scene and found him shot in his upper body, Lt. Smith said.

When the other officers arrived, Cpl. Adams told them that he ran the van’s tags on his “mobile data computer,” Lt. Smith said. As a result, they were able to track down the suspects. “They have children in common.”

“It doesn’t appear that the gun was taken away from the officer,” Lt. Smith said Friday, confirming that the suspect had a weapon of his own.

That weapon still hasn’t been recovered, the police spokesman updated on Monday.

Mr. White was located without incident at 9 a.m. Friday in the 1800 block of Meade Village Circle in Severn, Maryland.

“This is the first Anne Arundel County police officer shot in the line of duty since July of 2008 when an officer was shot in Brooklyn Park. There have been no fatal shootings of officers in the Anne Arundel County Police Department history,” police said in a later statement.

Anne Arundel County Chief of Police Timothy J. Altomare praised his officers, the paramedics and the team at Shock Trauma on Monday and called Cpl. Adams’ recovery “a miracle.”

Anyone who has any other information related to this shooting is urged to contact Detective Jason Dipietro of the Homicide Unit at 410-222-3415 or the Tip Line at 410-222-4700. You can also contact Metro Crime Stoppers with any information.