The 20-year-old man charged Tuesday with shooting at a Baltimore County police officer had an open warrant for his arrest since August, court records show.
Joshua Whitney Bullock, 20, of the 300 block of S. Monroe Street in Baltimore, has been sought by Baltimore City police since Aug. 7 on a charge of felony theft. There are about 44,000 unserved warrants in Baltimore, police say.
Police said Bullock shot at an officer with a handgun Monday morning — causing a SWAT team hunt for the man.
At 4:46 a.m. a police officer responded to a call for destruction of property in progress along Hedgewood Road in the Timonium area. As he arrived, the officer encountered two male suspects, according to Baltimore County police spokesman Cpl. Mike Hill.
When the officer attempted to talk to the suspects, one of them — Bullock — turned around and fired a handgun at the officer, missing him. The officer returned fire, and Bullock ran off, police said.
The other suspect remained at he scene and was arrested by the officer. He has not been named.
After the officer returned to his vehicle, he continued search for Bullock, and saw the man enter a nearby house on Caven Drive, Hill said.
Baltimore County police surrounded the house and, after trying to contact the suspect, used a SWAT team to break into the house at 8:50 a.m. only to find it empty.
Bullock returned to the house at 7 p.m., where he was arrested and charged with attempted first-degree murder. That charge carries a penalty of life in prison.
He¹s previously been convicted of drug possession in Baltimore City.
