Crime & Safety
PHOTOS: Police Brethren, Family Honor Slain Baltimore County Officer
Photos of police and family honoring fallen Baltimore County police officer Jason Schneider.
By Bryan Sears
Police officers, friends and family members honored officer Jason Schneider, 36, Wednesday evening, hours after he was gunned down in a fatal shootout.
A veteran Baltimore County police officer, Schneider suffered a fatal gunshot wound while serving a warrant inside a Catonsville home Wednesday morning. A person inside the home was also killed.
Several hundred police officers and county employees gathered for the ceremonial wreath laying in Schneider's honor at a monument to officers killed in the line of duty. The monument is in Towson near the historic Courthouse and Baltimore County Circuit Court Building.
See the accompanying photos for details and read more about what happened here.
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