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Howard County police have charged a Mount Airy man, accusing him of shooting out the windshield of an armored police vehicle as it approached his home to serve a search warrant.County police said officers arrived Thursday at the Shaffersville Road residence of Karl Tomanek, 34, to serve a search warrant after identifying him as a suspect in an April burglary in Marriottsville in which $25,000 in equipment was stolen. Actual vehicles were removed from the property, as well as other equipment, so we think it happened over a series of time while the residents were not there, Howard County police spokeswoman Sherry Llewellyn said.As police approached Tomanek s house, Tomanek, armed with a shotgun, fired two shots directly at the driver s side of the police vehicle, police said.Police said officers did not return fire and instead gave immediate verbal commands to take him into custody. In fact, in all of 2020 and all of 2019, our officers never fired at a single person, Llewellyn
Credit: Howard County Police Department
A Mt. Airy man allegedly shot at the windshield of an armored police car on Thursday as officers approached to serve a search warrant on his home.
Police have charged Karl Tomanek, 34, of the 1100 block of Shaffersville Road, with attempted first-degree murder and numerous gun charges. He remains held without bond at Howard County Detention Center.
Police had identified Tomanek as a suspect in an April burglary. When police approached, Tomanek came out with a shotgun and fired two shots at the driver. Bulletproof glass protected the officer. Rather than return fire, police gave immediate verbal commands and took him into custody, police said.
A Mount Airy man has been charged with attempted first-degree murder after Howard County police say he shot at the driver’s side windshield of an armored vehicle Thursday while police approached his home to serve a search warrant.