Off-Duty Officer Shoots, Kills Man Who Tried to Rob Him

This story has been corrected to clarify the type of weapon that investigators say the officer used.

A man who attempted to rob another man early Saturday morning was shot and killed by the victim, who was an off-duty Baltimore City police officer.

Anne Arundel County police said the incident occurred shortly after 1:30 a.m. in the 100 block of Homewood Road in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. The off-duty police officer was approached by the man, Edel Cato Moreland, 32, who produced what appeared to be a gun and said he was going to rob the officer.

Investigators said the officer, an 18-year veteran assigned to the special operations section of the Baltimore City Police Department, pulled out his service weapon and fired at the suspect. Moreland fled a short distance before collapsing in the street.

He was pronounced dead by medical personnel on the scene.

Investigators found the suspect’s gun at the scene and determined it to be a realistic-looking, all black toy gun that resembled a revolver.

The identity of the officer was not released. Moreland’s body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore.

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