Police: Private investigator shoots teen displaying fake gun
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Baltimore police say a private investigator shot a 13-year-old boy who opened his car door and brandished what turned out to be a replica gun.
Police say the 73-year-old investigator, a former city police officer, was sitting in his car Wednesday afternoon in southwest Baltimore when a group of young men approached. When the 13-year-old boy opened the car door and displayed what appeared to be a handgun, police say the man shot him. The others fled.
The teen was taken to Shock Trauma, where police say he was in critical condition.
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Police say the investigator was interviewed by detectives. Police say he was a police officer in the 1960s and 1970s and has a valid concealed weapon permit issued by Maryland State Police.