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A man charged with injuring two Frederick police officers in a shooting will not go to prison after he was found guilty in the shooting — but not criminally responsible.

Dominque Lamarr Lewis, now 27, shot two officers in February 2022. He has been committed to the Maryland Department of Health for the shooting, according to an order signed by Judge Julie Solt. The facility will be the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center, according to Frederick County State’s Attorney Charlie Smith.

"These are jails. They still have barbed wire. They’re not walking around outside. They’re incarcerated. It just so happens to be a jail with enhanced medical facilities where they give medication and they do therapy, so he’s not walking around in public," Smith said Monday. "This is a jail. It’s just medical prison, really, is what it is."

Frederick Police Chief Jason Lando released a statement saying he could not conceal his disappointment with this order from the judge, adding that it was difficult to see his officers attacked last year and that this verdict was difficult too.