An officer with the Baltimore County Police Department who was shot during an incident in May 2019 has recovered from her wounds and returned to duty.
According to Avenue News, Officer First Class T. Haysâa fifth-generation police officer and a 15-year veteranâhad responded to a home following a 911 call reporting a domestic disturbance involving an armed man.
Hays was dispatched along with officers with the Parkville Police Department to the suspectâs home and discovered the suspectâidentified by law enforcement as Robert Uhl Johnsonâseated in a chair facing the front door of the dwelling.
Officers began to question the man, who then reached down, grabbed a firearm, and pointed it at officers. Several officers fired their weapons, fatally wounding the man.
Hays was shot in the upper body and was sent to shock trauma and spent almost two weeks in the Intensive Care Unit. She underwent five surgeries, the last one in January of this year, and many hours of physical therapy in order for her to return to work.