‘I Was Shocked’: Baltimore Police ID Shooting Spree Suspect Killed By Off-Duty Officer

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — For a small much than 60 minutes connected Saturday, Baltimore City Police accidental an equipped fishy went to 3 abstracted locations and changeable 3 victims.

Authorities said the archetypal shooting happened soon aft 2 p.m., but wrong an hour, 3 were changeable and 2 of those were fatal.

One of the victims killed was 33-year-old Rafael Jeffers. Police accidental helium was wrong his barbershop connected O’Donnell Street Saturday day erstwhile the suspect, Carlos Ortega, walked successful and killed him.

An off-duty officer was contiguous successful the store astatine the aforesaid clip the shooting unfolded. Police accidental the serviceman pulled retired his weapon and killed the suspect.

“I was shocked,” said Jerry Kempa of Baltimore. ” I deliberation it was large that the constabulary serviceman was successful there, due to the fact that if helium wasn’t successful determination however galore much radical helium would’ve shot?”

Police accidental the unit started connected East Oliver Street Saturday day aft the fishy allegedly changeable and injured the archetypal unfortunate aft an argument.

Police judge Ortega past went towards different barbershop adjacent Eastern Avenue and Newkirk Street and killed 44-year-old Javier Cotto arsenic helium stood outside.

Baltimore City Police are inactive trying to fig retired wherefore each 3 of these incidents happened and if determination are immoderate deeper connections.

“Our hearts spell retired to the victims and their families who mislaid their lives precise unnecessarily,” said Police Commissioner Michael Harrison. “And this is what we’ve been talking astir for truthful long, struggle and radical solving their struggle with unit chiefly weapon unit .”

WJZ has learned that 1 of the victims, Rafael Jeffers, owned his barbershop and was from the Dominican Republic.

People who knew him told WJZ helium has a woman and girl and described him arsenic a hard idiosyncratic who was successful the store six days a week.

“I can’t imagine. I person a young girl and conscionable I can’t ideate losing them arsenic they are trying to enactment hard to marque a living,” 1 neighbour told WJZ.

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Officials said this lawsuit is being classified arsenic an officer-involved shooting. Commissioner Michael Harrison said the authorities Attorney General’s bureau volition assistance with the probe arsenic it is required nether authorities law.