NORWICH – A Norwich man charged with the attempted murder of a police officer made his first appearance in county court Friday after being transported by Chenango County Sheriff’s deputies from University Hospital in Syracuse, where he’d been recovering from a gunshot wound that ended a late-August shootout in the Town of Pitcher.

Patrick W. Ford II, 41, was formally charged with one count of first degree attempted murder of a police officer – a class A-1 felony – on Thursday, accused of repeatedly firing a Glock 40. caliber pistol at Sheriff’s deputies, a number of civilians, and a New York State Trooper, all in the presence of his nine-year-old son.

District Attorney Joseph McBride asked that Ford be remanded to the Chenango County Correctional Facility without bail, stating Ford “shot multiple times” at both civilians and officers, and it is his intention to present the case to the grand jury later this month. Additional charges are pending, said McBride, and Ford will undergo a mental evaluation while incarcerated at the correctional facility.