Video: Man shot by police has criminal history

THING HE WAS SUPPOSED
TO DO BY CALLING 911.
>> MAKES YOU A LITTLE UNEASY.
LOWELL: RAY AND JEANNE ROBERTS
HAVE BEEN LIVING IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS
NOW AND SAY NOTHING LIKE THIS
HAS EVER HAPPENED BEFORE.
JEANNE SAYS SHE WOKE UP AROUND
4:30 FRIDAY MORNING AFTER
HEARING A SINGLE GUNSHOT.
>> SO WHEN I HEARD IT I THOUGHT,
GUNSHOT?
COULDN'T BE MUST BE SOMETHING IN
THE HOUSE FELL DOWN, BECAUSE WE
HAVE CATS AND I REALIZED IT WAS
OUTSIDE IT WAS DEFINITELY A
GUNSHOT SO I TOLD RAY I HEARD A
GUNSHOT.
LOWELL: SOON, POLICE FLOODED THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT ALL STARTED AT AROUND 3:15AM
WHEN A RESIDENT NOTICED THIS
CADILLAC IN HIS DRIVEWAY
UNOCCUPIED AND CALLED POLICE.
AN OFFICER ARRIVED AND AROUND
4:30 SPOTTED A MAN NOW
IDENTIFIED AS 38-YEAR-OLD
TREMAYNE DORSEY OF TEMPLE HILLS
WALKING IN THE STREET TOWARDS
THE VEHICLE.
THINGS TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORSE
AFTER SHE ASKED HIM FOR ID.
>> IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT HE
ACTUALLY HEARD THE DISPATCHER
TELLING THE OFFICER OVER THE
RADIO THAT HE WAS WANTED ON AN
ACTIVE WARRANT AND WHICH TIME HE
JUMPED IN THE CAR AND TRIED TO
GET AWAY.
LOWELL: POLICE SAY HE DROVE
DIRECTLY AT THE OFFICER WHO
FIRED ONE SHOT STRIKING HI
>> AS HE DROVE TOWARD HER AND
SHE FIRED THAT ONE SHOT HE
VEERED OFF ON THE SIDE OF THE
ROAD AND STRUCK A TREE ALMOST IN
FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
LOWELL: DORSEY WHO IS WANTED ON
TWO OUTSTANDING WARRANTS HAS AN
EXTENSIVE CRIMINAL HISTORY THAT
INCLUDES CONVICTIONS FOR MOTOR
THEFT 1ST DEGREE BURGLARY AND
THEFT OVER $500.
POLICE ALSO SAY IT APPEARS THAT
THE OFFICER DID EVERYTHING SHE
WAS TRAINED TO DO.
>> WE HAD AN OFFICER WHOSE LIFE
WAS IN EMINENT DANGER, SHE, WE
THINK SHOWED RESTRAINT FIRED ONE
SHOT TO STOP THAT THREAT AND AS
SOON AS SHE WAS NO LONGER IN
DANGER, SHE STOPPED FIRING HER
WEAPON.
LOWELL: THAT OFFICER WAS -- IS A
10-YEAR VETERAN OF THE FORCE AND
HAS SINCE BEEN PLACED ON ROUTINE
ADMINISTRATOR LEA
VE.

Video: Man shot by police has criminal history

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