BALTIMORE (AP) - Authorities have identified the suspect in a shooting that critically wounded a hospital employee in an ambulance bay at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Baltimore police said 26-year old Jamar Haughton is charged with attempted murder, assault, reckless endangerment and several firearm related charges. He was being held Monday evening at the Central Booking and Intake Facility.
Hospital officials said the shooting happened outside the downtown Baltimore hospital around 7 a.m. Monday.
Lt. Col. Kevin Jones of the Baltimore Police Department said the shooter was arrested with a loaded pistol a few blocks away from the hospital. He said the suspect knows the victim but details about a motive were not immediately available.
The victim, whose identity was not immediately released, was shot in the face and buttocks.
