Flash back to December 2006 when a Maryland State Trooper was shot in a pre-dawn raid on a house in Baltimore County while searching for a suspect in a home invasion robbery. He underwent two surgeries at Maryland Shock Trauma Center.

That was Trooper Eric D. Workman.

He recovered an was honored last year as the Maryland State Trooper of the Year. He returned to work on a gun task force in Baltimore.

This morning, Workman was at it again. He was spied by Baltimore Sun reporter Gus G. Sentementes at the scene of another early raid, this on Fulton Avenue in West Baltimore, in which gunfire erupted. Two Sheriff's deputies were wounded, one gunman was killed and three men were arrested.

Hasn't Workman had enough?

Turns out, he wasn't in on the raid, and he's not assigned to the Regional Warrant Apprehension Task Force, which carried it out. Workman was with his group of officers and responded to Fulton Avenue to see if he could help out his colleagues. 

"As all police do when they hear a Signal 13 (officer in trouble) they all respond," said Sgt. Arthur Betts, a spokesman for the Maryland State Police. "Workman was out out and about, and he went there. Being the celebrity that he is, Gus spotted him. But he wasn't a part of the raid."