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LEO remains hospitalized after Baltimore clinic shooting

Baltimore police said 48-year-old Billy Shiflett is still being treated for a gunshot wound in his lower abdomen

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Baltimore Police investigate the scene of a shooting at the Man Alive drug treatment center on Maryland Avenue Monday, July 15, 2019.

Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP

Associated Press

BALTIMORE — Police say a sergeant who was shot during an incident at a Baltimore methadone clinic that left two people dead remains hospitalized.

Baltimore police said in a statement Tuesday that 48-year-old Billy Shiflett is still being treated for a gunshot wound in his lower abdomen.

Shiflett had responded to a clinic where police say a man had demanded methadone before opening fire on Monday morning . The man shot Shiflett before he was fatally wounded by police.

Police identified the shooter as 49-year old Ashanti Pinkney of Baltimore. They also released the name of a clinic employee who was fatally shot. He was 52-year old David Caldwell of Baltimore.

A 41-year-old woman who worked at the clinic was also injured. She was released from the hospital on Monday night.