New body camera video released by authorities appears to show an alleged carjacking suspect accelerating toward police officers in Maryland, hitting one officer and several vehicles moments before officers fired as she tried to escape.
Anne Arundel County police said officers were called around 9 p.m. on May 7 to the area of North Crain Highway and 11th Avenue in Glen Burnie after a reported hit-and-run crash. Investigators said that when officers got there, they learned the woman had struck another vehicle with her car, then allegedly took a vehicle from a family member who had arrived to assist her.
Authorities later found the woman, identified as 28-year-old Jasmin L. Cooper, inside that vehicle in the 8500 block of Severn.
Body camera footage shows an alleged carjacking suspect driving toward Maryland police officers before an officer-involved shooting. (Anne Arundel County Police)
In the footage, officers are seen aiming their weapons at Cooper as she sits in the car, repeatedly ordering her to “turn the car off” and “get out of the car.” At one point, she lifts her hands away from the steering wheel, but she remains inside the vehicle.
“So what, she stole her son’s car?” one officer can be heard asking during the encounter.
Moments later, Cooper pulled out of the parking spot and accelerated away, forcing nearby officers to move quickly to avoid being struck.
Police said the suspect struck an officer, two police cruisers and another vehicle while attempting to flee. (Anne Arundel County Police)
Police said Cooper drove toward the officers, striking an officer, two patrol cars and another vehicle, prompting officers to discharge their firearms, striking her..
Additional officers responding to the scene observed Cooper turn onto Reece Road. She crashed into another car in the area of Reece Road and Telegraph Road and attempted to break into another occupied vehicle before officers apprehended her.
The footage shows the woman lying on the ground in handcuffs. The video also shows officers bandaging the woman’s wound after she was shot in the parking lot.
Jasmin L. Cooper, 28, was charged with carjacking, attempted carjacking , multiple counts of reckless endangerment, first- and second-degree assault and related charges. (Anne Arundel County Police)
Cooper was charged with carjacking, attempted carjacking , multiple counts of reckless endangerment, first- and second-degree assault and related charges.
The suspect and the officer who was struck by her were both treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
