Employee fatally shot by county police described as erratic

By ALLISON BOURG, Staff Writer

Published 07/02/09

Imani Rashad Lee had no criminal record and nothing in his past that made the owner of Trojan Alarm Solutions Inc. think twice about hiring him.

The owner of the Hanover business certainly never anticipated that the 30-year-old's angry, erratic behavior on his first day of work would set off a chain of events ending with him being shot and killed by county police Monday afternoon.

Police shot Lee after he punched and stabbed an office-supply salesman who stopped by the business to drop off pamphlets. Lee held the 26-year-old Sparks, Baltimore County, man hostage for about 20 minutes and stabbed him with a box cutter before...

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The police did their job! - 2009-07-03 16:41:16

The man held hostage was hurt and n immediate danger, the police had no choice but to act in order to protect him from further harm.
I hope these officers will receive the proper leadership and counseling to return to their jobs. During these very difficult times, we need uniformed officers on the streets.

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Sales - 2009-07-03 13:16:09

That is just another reason why I would never want to cold call again.
But seriously, the guy sounds like he was Schizophrenic or has some sort of mental illness with the paranoia and was not being treated for it.

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employee shot by police - 2009-07-03 06:58:22

It appears that the primary the muslim nut case(but I repeat myself) was after was the owner and when he was not there just went off of any person available. All must be very careful around any of these muslims as often they have some fanatic agenda or another, proven over and over,

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