From the Baltimore Sun’s police blotter:

Police were seeking four gunmen posing as police officers who forced their way into a house in the 600 block of Mosher St. about 2:30 a.m. yesterday and shot a man, 26, in the back and right arm as he jumped from a second-floor bedroom window. The victim was reported in good condition at Maryland Shock Trauma Center. The gunmen pistol-whipped several occupants before fleeing without property or money.

These cases are quite common. The people who say Kathryn Johnston and those like her should have heard the police announcement miss the point.

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