Posted by: jpeach@baltimorecountymd.gov

UPDATE (December 21, 2018 11:24 a.m.):

Brandon Troy Higgs is charged with Attempted First Degree Murder, First Degree Assault, and Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Violent Crime for shooting a man on Bryanstone Road yesterday afternoon.

Detectives determined that Higgs (24) became involved in a confrontation with workers at a neighboring home before returning to his residence on Bryanstone Road. A short time later, Higgs returned to the scene and continued the confrontation with the workers, which escalated into a physical fight. Higgs produced a handgun and shot one of the workers once in a lower extremity. Higgs was held down by the workers until police arrived and took him into custody.

Higgs is currently held without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center pending a bail review hearing.

Original Release (December 20, 2018 4 p.m.):

Police are investigating a shooting in the 300 block of Bryanstone Road reported around 1:22 p.m.

The victim, an adult man, was transported to an area hospital with a gunshot wound to the lower body and is expected to survive his injuries. The suspect was taken into custody at the scene.

Detectives from the Baltimore County Police Violent Crimes Unit are in the preliminary stages of the investigation. More information will be provided as it becomes available.