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<h2>Breaking up is hard to do; police officer charged with attempted murder</h2>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">DUNDALK, MD. &#8212; Baltimore County Police have charged a Veterans Affairs Police officer with a home invasion in Baltimore County.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Baltimore County Police Department has identified the suspect charged in connection with a Sunday afternoon shooting in Dundalk as 50-year-old Gary Martin Patterson Sr. of the 4000 block of Berlin Avenue 21225. Patterson has been charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder, home invasion, and related charges. He is being held without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The investigation into this incident has indicated that just before 1 p.m. September 19, Patterson went to the home of his 39-year-old estranged girlfriend in the 4000 block of St. Monica Drive in Dundalk, Md. He broke into the home through a front window, located her, and shot her multiple times. Another person in the home fought with Patterson, and was able to get the gun away from him.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The woman that Patterson shot was taken to an area hospital for treatment and is expected to survive.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Patterson was located outside the home, taken into custody, and treated for injuries he received during the fight with the other person in the home.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Investigators discovered that Patterson is a police officer with the Department of Veteran Affairs.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This incident remains under investigation by the Baltimore County Police Department Violent Crimes Unit.</span></p>