On May 4, 2015 at approximately 3:10 p.m. Calvert County
Sheriff’s Office Deputies and members of
the Maryland State Police were dispatched
to Maryland Route 261 west of Quail Drive for the report of a deputy involved
shooting. Upon arrival it was determined
Deputy First Class Richard Wilson was involved in a shooting incident that
stemmed from his patrol vehicle being struck.
Physical evidence at the scene indicated Dfc. Wilson’s patrol vehicle
was struck in front of the driver’s side rear wheel which caused the vehicle to
rotate counter clockwise. Dfc. Wilson’s
patrol vehicle left the roadway skidding backwards through a split rail fence. The Toyota truck that struck Dfc. Wilson’s
vehicle then turned left, drove off of the roadway and intentionally struck
Dfc. Wilson’s vehicle a second time and continued to accelerate, pushing the
patrol vehicle backwards down a slight embankment. Dfc. Wilson fired several shots through the
windshield of his patrol vehicle into the windshield of the ramming
vehicle. The suspect was not struck,
bailed out of her vehicle and began to flee the scene towards the west. A citizen who was stopped in the roadway
watching the incident unfold stopped and assisted Dfc. Wilson with apprehending
the female suspect. Witness statements
obtained on scene corroborated the events that transpired.
This investigation is ongoing.
