Carrington Released From Shock Trauma, Faces Lengthy Rehab

Sgt. Isaac Carrington returns salutes from police officers and firefighters as he is wheeled out of Shock Trauma. Credit: Baltimore Police Department

Baltimore police Sgt. Isaac Carrington, shot multiple times nearly two weeks ago in an attempted robbery, was discharged from Shock Trauma Wednesday.

He was released at 4 p.m. Police and firefighters formed a ceremonial gauntlet outside Shock Trauma's ambulance bay. He left Shock Trauma in an ambulance escorted by police motorcycles.

Photos released by police showed officers and firefighters saluting Carrington and Carrington saluting back.

Sgt. Isaac Carrington was released from the hospital today. In honor of his service and sacrifice, members of the Baltimore Police and Fire Department, as well as staff members from Shock Trauma, formed a ceremonial gauntlet as he came out. https://t.co/baRK1s5mhb pic.twitter.com/N3A6QWEGay — Baltimore Police (@BaltimorePolice) August 21, 2019

"This family is happy, we're all happy, the police extended family is all happy," Baltimore Mayor Bernard C. "Jack" Young said. "He's not out of the woods yet, but we're all praying."

City Council President Brandon M. Scott said it was an "important" day, but that it's critical that anybody who knows anything about the perpetrators of the robbery to come forward.

"Today is a joyous day, not just for the Carrington family but for the Baltimore Police Department family, but for the people of Baltimore, because Sgt. Carrington is a son of Baltimore," Police Commissioner Michael Harrison.

Dr. Thomas M. Scalea, physician in chief at Shock Trauma, said Carrington faces weeks of rehabilitation, and hailed his staff.

"He's got a lot of rehab that he is going to need to do, but we are going to be with him as well as his police family, until the very end of this," Scalea said.

Carrington was off duty and talking to a neighbor outside his northeast Baltimore home when robbers pulled up, police said. The two robbers remain at large.