Baltimore Officer Fatally Shot Outside Club

The officer, an eight-year veteran of the force, has been identified as 33-year-old William H. Torbit Jr. Detectives are investigating whether the officer's death was caused by friendly fire.

Two Baltimore Police officers were shot, one of them fatally, when shots were exchanged early Sunday outside a club near downtown.

Detectives are investigating whether the officer's death was caused by friendly fire. The officer, an eight-year veteran of the force, has been identified as 33-year-old William H. Torbit Jr., reports the Baltimore Sun.

Torbit was apparently in plainclothes and became involved in an altercation outside the club, exchanging fire with a group of people.

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