Police are on the scene of a shooting near the University of Maryland County (UMBC) campus Thursday afternoon.

An officer was shot outside the Baltimore County Police Station on Walker Avenue near UMBC, police said at a news conference at Shock Trauma on Wednesday. Police said around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, an armed subject approached an officer assigned to the Wilkens Precinct in the parking lot and “began to fire upon him.

A Baltimore County police officer is fighting for his life after being shot Thursday afternoon while on duty. What we know Around 2:30 p.m., an armed suspect approached the officer and began firing at him.