Update
A 16 year old robbery suspect involved in Friday night's police-involved shooting has been charged as an adult.
Karim Abdul, 16, of the 4700 block of Wakefield Road, has been charged as an adult. He is suspected of being involved in 3 separate robberies on Friday night.
One of the robberies ended with an off-duty officer shooting one of the suspects, who is currently still in the hospital.
Abdul fled the scene and was caught a few blocks away.
Original Story
An off-duty police officer shot a robbery suspect in Hampden this evening.
Two men were trying to rob Hampden Discount Liquors on Falls Road when a customer ran out of the store and yelled to the off-duty officer that there was a robbery in progress, according to Baltimore City Police Spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.
The officer entered the store and saw one suspect holding a gun to the store clerk. The officer shot the suspect.
"This was right place, right time for this officer, and he saved some lives here tonight," Guglielmi said.
The second suspect fled the store while the officer called for backup. The suspect was apprehended a few blocks away from the store.
The shot suspect was taken to Sinai in critical condition. No one else was injured.
It was later discovered that the two suspects were also involved in two other robberies on Friday evening.
Around 7:50pm, they allegedly robbed Hillen Grocery on East 31st Street. Soon after, the men allegedly robbed Mini Mart Beauty and Supply on Maryland Avenue. The final robbery, at the liquor store, happened around 8:30pm.
Stay with ABC2 and ABC2news.com on this developing story.
