WATCH: Maryland carjacking suspect plows toward cops as they open fire
Body camera footage shows a woman driving toward Maryland officers, striking a cop and patrol cars and another vehicle before police opened fire.
Newly released body camera footage depicts a Maryland carjacking suspect driving toward officers, hitting one officer, multiple police cars, and another vehicle. Officers discharged their firearms, striking the suspect. The suspect and the injured officer were treated for non-life-threatening injuries, and the suspect faces multiple charges.
- A woman, identified as Jasmin L. Cooper, 28, allegedly committed a carjacking after a hit-and-run incident in Glen Burnie, Maryland.
- Cooper forcibly took a vehicle belonging to a family member who had arrived to assist her.
- When officers located Cooper, she drove toward them, striking an officer, two patrol cars, and another vehicle.
- In response, officers opened fire, hitting Cooper.
- Cooper was apprehended after crashing again and attempting to break into another vehicle; she and the struck officer sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
- Cooper faces charges including carjacking, attempted carjacking, assault, and reckless endangerment.
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