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WEBVTT LIFE SHOT HIM.JAYNE MILLER IS AT THE SCENEWITH THE LATEST.JAYNE: THERE IS NO BODY CAMERAVIDEO AND SECURITY CAMERA VIDEOPOLICE SAY DOES NOT STILL THEWHOLE -- TELL THE WHOLE STORY.THE FATAL SHOOTING HAPPENEDEARLIER THIS MORNING SAILING THEPARKING LOT OF THE GROCERY STOREON BALTIMORE NATIONAL PIKE.A SHOPLIFTING SUSPECT IN THE CARSHOT DEAD BY AN OFF-DUTY COUNTYPOLICE OFFICER WORKING SECURITY.>> IT IS CRAZY, SOME CRAZY STUFFGOING IN HERE IN MYNEIGHBORHOOD, IN CATONSVILLEWHERE I LIVED FOR 25 YEARS.JAYNE: THE OFFICER TRAILED THEMAN TO THE CAR, THEY EXCELLENT-- THE INCIDENT ESCORTED WHENTHE SUSPECT ACCELERATED THE CAR.>> THE OFFICER WAS DRAGGED 108FEET BEFORE THE OFFICER WAS ABLETO ACHIEVE HIS SERVICE WEAPONAND FIRES SHOTS INTO THEVEHICLE.JAYNE: THE SUSPECT WAS HITMULTIPLE TIMES AND DIED.THE OFFICER WAS NOT HURT.HE WAS NOT WEARING A BODYCAMERA.THE PASSENGER AND WITNESSES SAYTHE OFFICER HAD REACHED INTO THECAR AS IF TO TURN IT OFF ANDTHEN COULD NOT GET OUT.POLICE ACKNOWLEDGED REVOCATIONIS A KEY QUESTION IN THEINVESTIGATION.WAS THE OFFICER TRYING TO HANGONTO THE CAR OR WAS THE OFFICERINADVERTENTLY DRAGGED BY THECAR?>> CORRECT AND THAT IS PART OFTHE INVESTIGATION.>> THE SUSPECT HAD TAKEN ITEMSFROM THE HIGHS -- THE HOUSEHOLDDETERGENT I'LL.WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR WHETHERANY WEAPON WAS FOUND IN THESUSPECT VEHICLE.

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One person was killed in a police-involved shooting in Catonsville early Tuesday.It happened at 3:53 a.m. outside the Giant Food store on the 6200 block of Baltimore National Pike and North Rolling Road, police said.The off-duty officer was working a second job as security for Giant when he followed a man to a car after watching him steal items from the store, police said.The suspect got into a vehicle and the incident escalated when the suspect accelerated the car, police said."Somehow, the officer was dragged along with the car as the car attempted to flee the scene," Baltimore County police spokeswoman Jennifer Peach said. "He was dragged approximately 108 feet before the officer was able to retrieve his service weapon and fire shots into the vehicle."Police said a passenger in the car and witnesses said the officer had reached into the car as if to turn it off, and then couldn't get out. Witnesses heard the officer telling the driver to stop multiple times, police said.The officer was not hurt, police said. He was not wearing a body camera.The shoplifting suspect was hit multiple times and died. Police identified the suspect Wednesday as Christopher Evin Clapp, 35.The passenger in the car was hospitalized with chest pains.Police said security video does not clearly show the sequence of events. Police acknowledge provocation is the key question in the investigation.Asked whether the officer trying to hang on to the car, or whether the officer was inadvertently dragged by the car, Peach said, "Correct, and that is part of the investigation."The shooting rattled customers. "It's really awful that you come to Giant and find out that somebody was killed because they were trying to rob somebody. It doesn't make sense," said Linda Davenport. "It's crazy, crazy stuff going on in my neighborhood, Catonsville, where I have been living for 25 years."It was not immediately reported whether any weapon was found in the shoplifting suspect's car.Police said the suspect had taken items from the store's household detergent aisle.The officer involved in the shooting was identified Wednesday as Police Officer 1st Class McCain of Precinct 8. He is a 16-1/2 year veteran of the force with one prior combat shooting in 2006 that did not result in a fatality.Also on WBALTV.com: