New York Daily News

Cop slain in Md.

- Chris Sommerfeld­t and Nicole Hensley

A MARYLAND police officer was run over and killed Monday afternoon after responding to a “suspicious vehicle” in a leafy Baltimore suburb, authoritie­s said.

Neighbors tried to save the cop, who was believed to have confronted a suspected burglar in a Jeep around 2 p.m. in the Perry Hall community, police said.

One witness heard the Baltimore County officer repeatedly demand, “Get out of the car!” while another saw her draw her gun on a person in the Jeep.

Both neighbors heard a “pop.”

“He saw the Jeep take off and run right over her,” said Tony Kurek, whose son watched the fatal hit-andrun unfold.

The officer was bleeding from her head when Kurek’s volunteer firefighte­r son rushed out to help.

The officer, who was not identified and had been on the force for four years, died at a local hospital.

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