Instructor. The news, outraging to the mayor. Theres no acceptability acceptable situation for why live rounds were at a Training Exercise. And. I was so angry, i was almost speechless. Reporter the mayor visited the hospital tuesday and said she personally promised the trainees family that the city would get to the bottom of what went wrong. Reporter immediately, the new city Police Commissioner, Anthony Batts shut down all Police Academy operations until a thorough investigation and review of all safety procedures can be completed. Reporter and wjz has learned several top commanders at the Police Academy have all been suspended as a result of this incident. One of the things that i want to make really clear is i probably have more questions than you have. Its just going to take time to get those answers to those questions. Because for me, its unacceptable. Reporter Maryland State Police now in charge of the investigation for now. Theyre not releasing any more details. Reporter in all
The bullet hit the officer who works for the university of maryland baltimore in the head. Police identified the instructor who fired the weapon as William Scott kern, who has worked for Baltimore City police for 18 years. State police will complete a criminal investigation and forward that to the states attorney. We will sit back and wait for the investigation to be completed. And then once that is done, we will review it and determine what, if any, charges need to be brought. Reporter the state still owns rosewood. Baltimore county police have used it for training for years. But this is the first time the District Attorney used it are if training. It for training. Reporter state police say it could take weeks. Tell wjz, they are conducting interviews with persons who are at the scene. The investigation is being conducted as a criminal investigation, with the purpose of determining if a crime occurred and is not an administrative investigation. An administrative investigation examines
Before training. As we first reported, sources say it was after the lunch break when someone present confused his Service Weapon with the training weapon. They reportedly look similar, except training weapons do not have live ammunition. The bullet hit the officer who works for the university of maryland baltimore in the head. Police identified the instructor who fired the weapon as William Scott kern, whose work for Baltimore City police for 18 years. State police will complete a criminal investigation and forward that to the states attorney. We will sit back and wait for the investigation to be completed. And once that is done, we am review it and determine what if any charges need to be brought. Reporter the state still owns rosewood. Baltimore county police have used it for training for years. But this is the first time the city used it for training. State police say the investigation could take weeks, telling wjz, investigators are continuing to conduct interviews with persons who
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