Baltimore Police Release Body Camera Footage Of Two Police-Involved Shootings

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore constabulary connected Thursday released assemblage camera footage successful 2 incidents past week wherever suspects were changeable by police. One of the shootings was fatal.

Deputy Commissioner Brian Nadeau described the contents of the footage shown and the circumstances of the incidental earlier each video was shown.

Nadeau said that, anterior to a fatal shooting connected August 9, a caller told constabulary her hubby was armed, assaulted her and her daughter, and was having a behavioral crisis. The pistillate reportedly told the responding serviceman astatine the 6000 artifact of Alta Avenue that 40-year-old Marcus Martin had aggregate guns wrong the house.

The responding serviceman took the pistillate and her girl crossed the thoroughfare from the house, and the girl called her teenage brother, who past besides near the house.

SWAT officers responded to the country and deployed a robot to pass with Martin. The robot was incapable to entree the location due to the fact that of a tempest door. Martin past reportedly opened the beforehand doorway and fired a shotgun. That was erstwhile helium was changeable erstwhile by a SWAT squad sniper, identified Thursday arsenic Officer Jeffery Archambault.

Nadeau said Martin had an AR-15 slung connected his shoulder, and a shotgun lying adjacent to him erstwhile helium was killed. The shotgun blast reportedly deed the robot.

Inside the home, Nadeau said constabulary recovered 3 AR-15s, 1 nine-millimeter pistol and 2 shotguns. Multiple boxes of ammunition, gun-making tools and weapon parts were found.

Four of the guns were registered to Martin, but 1 of the AR-15 rifles appeared to beryllium homemade.

The American Civil Liberties Union called for a full, transparent probe into the decease of Martin, and demanded that bodycam footage of the incidental beryllium made disposable to the public.

Just earlier 2 a.m. connected August 12 successful the 400 artifact of East Baltimore Street, an equipped antheral was changeable 3 times by an serviceman aft a chase.

Known arsenic “The Block,” the country is packed with clubs and bars. Officers helping adjacent stores connected the strip saw a combat adjacent the intersection of Baltimore and Holliday streets and approached the group. They heard what they believed to beryllium gunfire and allegedly saw Terrance Hillman, 32, pointing a firearm.

Hillman ran westbound and allegedly turned and pointed his handgun astatine an serviceman giving chase, constabulary said. Officer Alexandros Haziminas fired his weapon 3 times and struck Hillman.

Hillman was hospitalized successful captious condition, but has since been released and is being held successful Central Booking for charges related to this incidental and different outstanding warrants.

The Special Investigation Response Team is investigating some incidents.

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Footage from some incidents tin beryllium seen posted connected the department’s YouTube.