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BOILED OVER ENDING WITH GUN VIOLENCE. >> HE IS NOT THAT KIND OF PERSON . I GUESS YOU JUST GOT TIRED. I DON’T BLAME HIM BECAUSE THEY ARE ALWAYS MESSING WITH HIM. >> NEIGHBORS REACT WEDNESDAY AFTER OFFICERS ARRESTED HIM FOR SHOOTING A 15-YEAR-OLD BOY THAT BURKE SAYS WAS HITTING HIS CAR WITH THE BASEBALL BAT. POLICE SAY AT AROUND 9:50 TUESDAY NIGHT OFFICERS RESPONDED TO BIRK’S HOME FOR A DESTRUCTION TO AUTO CALL. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS BIRK SAID TO POLICE THOSE KIDS , DID IT AGAIN. I CAN’T GET ANOTHER RENTAL CAR. BIRK WENT ON TO TELL POLICE HE HAD BEEN HAVING AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH A JUVENILE WHO HAD BEEN VERBALLY THREATENING HIM AND HIS DOG AND THAT THIS PERSON HAD DAMAGED HIS VEHICLE TWO NIGHTS BEFORE. BIRK SAID HE SAT WATCH WEDNESDAY NIGHT LOOKING OUT HIS FRONT WINDOW AND FELL ASLEEP THEN WOKE UP TO THE SOUND OF SOMEONE HITTING HIS CAR WITH A BASEBALL BAT. HE THEN TOLD POLICE I SHOT AT ONE OF THE KIDS, THEY WERE DAMAGING MY PROPERTY. >> THERE IS NO WAY TO KNOW FOR SURE. >> POLICE FOUND A SMITH AND WESSON .38 SPECIAL PLUS P REVOLVER BIRK SAYS HE USED IN THE SHOOTING. >> IT IS TERRIBLE. >> BIRK IS FACING SERIOUS CHARGES INCLUDING 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE ATTEMPTED MURDER AND ASSAULT. HE’S CURRENTLY BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND BUT IS SCHEDULED TO HAVE ANOTHER BOND HEARING TOMORR

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Anne Arundel County police arrested a man in connection with a shooting in Glen Burnie.On Tuesday, around 9:50 p.m., officers responded to a call concerning the destruction of an auto in the 300 block of Columbus Road in Glen Burnie. As officers arrived, a call came in for a shooting victim at a hospital. The shooting victim said he was shot on Columbus Road. Police said investigators believe a homeowner, identified as Roy Birk, 46, of Glen Burnie, called in the auto damage and said he has been having problems with juveniles in the neighborhood damaging his property. "He's not that kind of person. No, he's not that kind of person. They are always messing with him, and I guess he just got tired of it. I don't blame him because they're always messing with him," said Betty Edwards, a neighbor."(He's a) nice guy. I'd want to be his neighbor any time. (He's a) nice fellow. (I've) never had a problem with him," said Terry Smith, a neighbor. "It's terrible. It's terrible. It's absolutely terrible. It shouldn't happen. We have a right to live in peace any place to live."According to officials, Birk said a juvenile was hitting his car with a baseball bat. According to court documents, Birk said to police, "Those kids did it again. I can't get another rental car."Court documents indicate Birk told police that he had been having an ongoing problem with a juvenile who had been verbally threatening him and his dog, and that this person had damaged his vehicle two nights before.Police said Birk fired a handgun once from inside his house. A 15-year-old boy was struck in the upper body and suffered non-life-threatening injuries."I shot at one of the kid(s). They were damaging my property," Birk told police, according to court documents."He had recent experiences with people breaking into his car, so perhaps he felt this was part of the same ongoing incidents, but there's no way to know for sure," Anne Arundel County police spokesman Marc Limansky said.Police said they found a Smith & Wesson .38 Special +P revolver. Birk said he used the gun in the shooting. Birk faces charges that include first- and second-degree attempted murder and assault.This is still an active investigation and Northern District detectives are asking anyone with any information to please call 410-222-6135 or the Tip Line 410-222-4700.