On a May evening in Glen Burnie, Maryland, what began as a hit-and-run collision unraveled into a chain of desperate choices — a woman taking a family member's car, then turning that car against the officers who came to stop her. The moment between compliance and flight, captured on body camera, reminds us how quickly the ordinary fractures into the irreversible. Both the officer struck and the suspect survived, leaving behind not tragedy but its near-miss, and a record of how swiftly a single decision reshapes many lives.
Maryland carjacking suspect struck by police gunfire after driving toward officers
One police officer and the suspect sustained non-life-threatening injuries from the incident.
She raised her hands, then accelerated toward them.
Mark
Why did she take the car in the first place? Was this a planned carjacking or something that spiraled from the accident?
Mimi
The source doesn't tell us her motive. We know she crashed her own car into another vehicle, then forced a family member who showed up to help her out of their car and took it. Whether that was desperation, panic, or something else—we just don't have that.
Luke
Right. And that's a real gap. The charge is carjacking, which is a specific crime with intent baked into it. But the source material doesn't explain what she was thinking or saying. We're left inferring from her actions alone.
Mark
When the officers told her to get out, why didn't she?
Mimi
Again, we don't know. The footage shows her raising her hands at one point, which suggests maybe she was considering it. But then she accelerated instead. Whether she panicked, whether she was afraid, whether she made a split-second decision—that's not in the record.
Luke
The body camera footage exists. Someone watched it. But we're only getting the visual facts: she didn't exit, then she drove. The why is missing.
Mark
How badly was she hurt?
Mimi
Non-life-threatening injuries. The officer she hit also had non-life-threatening injuries. Both were treated and released, essentially.
Luke
That's important context. This didn't end in a fatality. But "non-life-threatening" is a wide category. A gunshot wound that doesn't kill you can still be serious. We don't know where she was shot, how many times, what her recovery looks like.
Mark
What happens to her now?
Mimi
She's facing carjacking, attempted carjacking, reckless endangerment, and assault charges. Those are serious felonies.
Luke
The charges are clear from the source. What's not clear is whether she'll be tried, what her defense might be, whether mental health or substance use played a role. The story ends at the moment of arrest.
Il Polso
- A hit-and-run on a Maryland highway set off a cascade of events when the driver, rather than face consequences, carjacked a family member who had arrived to help her.
- Surrounded by officers with weapons drawn, Jasmin Cooper appeared for a moment to consider surrender — hands lifting from the wheel — before she accelerated directly into the line of officers.
- The car struck one officer and smashed through two patrol vehicles and a civilian car in rapid succession, forcing police to open fire as she fled.
- Even after being shot, Cooper drove to a nearby intersection, crashed again, and attempted to force her way into an occupied vehicle before officers finally took her into custody.
- Both the wounded officer and Cooper survived with non-life-threatening injuries, and the entire escalation — from traffic stop to shooting — was preserved on body camera footage.
On a May evening in Glen Burnie, Maryland, what began as a hit-and-run collision unraveled into a chain of desperate choices — a woman taking a family member's car, then turning that car against the officers who came to stop her. The moment between compliance and flight, captured on body camera, reminds us how quickly the ordinary fractures into the irreversible. Both the officer struck and the suspect survived, leaving behind not tragedy but its near-miss, and a record of how swiftly a single decision reshapes many lives.
On the evening of May 7, Anne Arundel County officers responded to a hit-and-run on North Crain Highway in Glen Burnie. When they arrived, they discovered the driver had already compounded the situation: after crashing her car, she had forced a family member — who had come to help — out of their vehicle and driven away in it. That woman was Jasmin L. Cooper, 28.
Officers located Cooper a short time later, parked on the 8500 block of Severn. Body camera footage shows them surrounding the car with weapons drawn, shouting commands to turn off the engine and step out. For a moment, Cooper raised her hands from the wheel — a gesture that seemed to signal compliance. Then she put the car in gear.
She accelerated toward the officers, striking one directly and then colliding with two patrol cars and a civilian vehicle in quick succession. The threat she posed prompted officers to open fire. Even wounded, Cooper drove on, turning onto Reece Road before crashing into another vehicle near Telegraph Road. She then attempted to force her way into an occupied car before officers caught up with her and took her into custody.
Body camera footage captured her on the ground in handcuffs, and officers providing first aid to her gunshot wound. Both Cooper and the officer she had struck sustained injuries that were not life-threatening. She was subsequently charged with carjacking, attempted carjacking, reckless endangerment, and assault — a full accounting of a confrontation that escalated from a traffic crime to a violent encounter in a matter of minutes.
On the evening of May 7, police in Anne Arundel County responded to a hit-and-run report on North Crain Highway near 11th Avenue in Glen Burnie. When officers arrived, they found that a woman had crashed her car into another vehicle and then, in the chaos that followed, forced a family member who had come to help her out of their car and taken it. The woman was Jasmin L. Cooper, 28. Officers located her a short time later, parked in a vehicle on the 8500 block of Severn.
Body camera footage from the scene shows officers surrounding the car with their weapons drawn, shouting commands at Cooper through the windows. "Turn the car off," they yelled. "Get out of the car." At one moment, Cooper raised her hands from the steering wheel, suggesting she might comply. One officer, audible in the video, wondered aloud about the nature of the crime: "So what, she stole her son's car?" But Cooper did not exit the vehicle.
Seconds later, she put the car in gear and accelerated out of the parking space. Officers scattered as she drove toward them. The car struck one officer directly, then collided with two police patrol cars and a civilian vehicle in rapid succession. The impact and the threat she posed prompted officers to open fire. Cooper was hit by gunfire as she attempted to escape.
Other officers responding to the scene tracked her as she turned onto Reece Road. She crashed into another vehicle near the intersection with Telegraph Road and then tried to force her way into an occupied car before officers caught up with her and took her into custody. Body camera footage shows her on the ground in handcuffs, and later shows officers providing first aid to her gunshot wound.
Both Cooper and the officer she had struck sustained injuries that were not life-threatening. Cooper was transported for medical treatment and subsequently charged with carjacking, attempted carjacking, multiple counts of reckless endangerment, and first- and second-degree assault, along with related charges. The incident, captured in full on the officers' body cameras, became a record of a confrontation that escalated from a traffic crime to a violent encounter in a matter of minutes.
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So what, she stole her son's car?— Officer, captured on body camera footage
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