By Jeremy Arias
An 11-year veteran with the
Baltimore Police Department was arrested earlier Tuesday in York Township on
charges of attempted homicide and aggravated assault, police said.
The charges stem from
33-year-old Officer John Torres' involvement in a shooting that left a
Baltimore resident recovering from multiple gunshot wounds Tuesday in York
Hospital, said Sgt. Jeff Dunbar, a York Area Regional Police spokesman.
The shooting took place around
12:30 p.m. in a parking lot outside an apartment near 333 Brentwood Drive,
police said.
Torres, a York resident, was
wearing his police uniform at the time of the shooting, but he was off-duty,
said Dunbar.
York Area Regional Police
arrived shortly after the shooting and took Torres into custody after
transporting 34-year-old David Hohman Sr. to the hospital with gunshot wounds
to his upper arm and torso, Dunbar said.
Hohman was in stable condition
as of Tuesday evening, according to a York Area Regional Police news release.
Investigators still were not
releasing much information regarding what prompted the shooting, but Dunbar did
confirm that Torres and Hohman were acquainted.
"It was a dispute between
the two individuals — they knew each other — but that's about all we can
release at this point," Dunbar said.
Torres, who joined the
Baltimore Police Department in 2002, was assigned to the department's
neighborhood patrol bureau at the time of his arrest, said Baltimore Police
spokesman Detective Jeremy Silbert.
"That officer is currently
suspended without pay following this incident," Silbert added.
So far only Torres is facing
charges in the incident, but the investigation into the shooting remained
ongoing Tuesday, Dunbar said.