FREDERICK COUNTY, Md. — Two officers have been released from the hospital after they were injured in a shooting in Frederick on Friday afternoon and a suspect is charged in the incident.
Another man, who police have identified as a suspect in the shooting is still recovering at the University of Maryland's Shock Trauma Center in downtown Baltimore.
Dominique Lamarr Lewis, 25, of Hampton, Virginia, is charged with two counts of attempted first and second-degree murder, first-degree assault, and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
According to Frederick City Police Chief Jason Lando, the officers were sent to the intersection of Key Parkway and Waverley Drive around 12:43 p.m. for a report of a "suspicious male" with a gun.
According to multiple witnesses, the suspect had been lingering in the intersection since around 5 a.m. He was described as disoriented, but peaceful.
"He didn't bother anybody," witness Leo Hollar said of the man's behavior before the shooting began. "It was like he was in his own world."
According to court documents, Lewis ignored multiple commands from the officers to show his hands and kept his back to the officers. He eventually started walking away from the officers, and then turned and shot at them, according to court documents.
A witness referenced in the court documents confirmed the officers' account of Lewis ignoring their demands and firing first, adding that "after the suspect fell to the ground he continued to ignore their orders to show his hands."
Officer Bryan Snyder, 43, was shot in the clavicle/shoulder area and Kristen Kowalsky, 32, was shot in the arm. The officers shot back at Lewis, hitting him in the lower torso area, and taking him down. Medical aid was given at the scene by responding officers, before he was taken to the hospital, according to court documents.
A Smith and Wesson M&P, .45-caliber handgun and multiple shell casings were found at the scene. The gun still had two bullets left, court documents say.
The injured officers and Lewis were all taken to Shock Trauma by a Maryland State Police helicopter.
Snyder has been with the Frederick Police for two years while Kowalsky is in her ninth year of service with the department.
Lando said the officers were wearing body cameras, but the footage has not been reviewed.
"It's a tough time right now to be a police officer and I'm very proud of the work that they do and very thankful that the officers, we believe, are going to be OK," Lando said.
The chief said the investigation will be handled by the Office of the Attorney General's Independent Investigations Division and the Maryland State Police jointly.
"Out of respect for both of those agencies we cannot comment on the particulars as it is now their job to handle the investigation into the incident," Lando said.
Several Frederick County Public Schools nearby were briefly on lockout, including Frederick High, West Frederick Middle, Waverley ES, Butterfly Ridge ES, Hillcrest ES, Lincoln ES, Parkway ES, and SUCCESS Program. These lockouts have been lifted and all students and staff are safe.