Man Hospitalized After Officer-Involved Shooting

A man has been hospitalized after an officer-involved shooting in Brunswick, authorities in Frederick County said.

Brunswick Police officers responded to a report of a domestic incident about 10:15 p.m. Wednesday, the Frederick County Bureau of Investigation said. The caller said her husband was intoxicated and breaking things in the home, scaring the occupants.

Responding officers wer led to a bedroom where the husband walked out and pointed a handgun, police said. One officer fired six shots, hitting the man several times. He was flown to Shock Trauma in Baltimore after the shooting, authorities said. He is in critical condition.

The Bureau and the Frederick County Sheriff's Office Internal Affairs Division are investigating the shooting. The officer is on paid administrative leave.

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