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Baltimore County Police Investigate Officer-Involved Shooting

WHITE MARSH, Md. (WJZ) -- Baltimore County police are investigating a police-involved shooting.

According to police officials, one suspect was shot in the chest at Pulaski Highway at Stevens Road.

According to police, at 5:17 p.m. Wednesday, officers were dispatched to a motel for an assault that had just occurred. Upon arrival, officers discovered that a man involved had an open warrant. When officers attempted to place him under arrest, he began to struggle with the arresting officer. Fearing for the officer's safety, a second officer fired at the suspect, fatally wounding him. The suspect was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The officer was not injured.

The suspect was identified as Arnett Myers.

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