BPD Officer Keona Holley, pictured above, was shot as she sat in her patrol car in the 4400 block of Pennington Avenue at approximately 1:45 a.m. on Dec. 16 and has since remained in critical condition at Maryland Shock Trauma. The two suspects are also accused of a shooting murder of Justin Johnson in the 600 block of Lucia Ave approximately two hours later after ambushing Officer Holley.

By Associated Press

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore police officer has died after being removed from life support one week after she was shot while sitting in her patrol car.

The Baltimore Police Department said Thursday that Officer Keona Holley’s health had been deteriorating in recent days and the family made the difficult decision to end life support. She died shortly thereafter.

Two men — Elliot Knox, 31, and Travon Shaw, 32 — have been arrested and charged in her shooting, and a second shooting soon afterward that left a man dead.

Holley, 39. was on duty in her patrol car when she was shot about 1:30 a.m. Dec. 16 in southern Baltimore.

After Holley’s shooting, police allege the two men went to a southwest Baltimore neighborhood about 10 miles (16 kilometers) away and shot and killed 38-year-old Justin Johnson.

It’s not clear what prompted the shootings.

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