One Person Killed In Early Morning Police Involved Shooting In Northeast Baltimore

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore metropolis constabulary said 1 idiosyncratic is dormant aft an officer-involved shooting successful the 6000 artifact of Alta Avenue successful Northeast Baltimore.

Around 9:18 p.m. Sunday, constabulary said a telephone came successful for an battle and idiosyncratic who was armed. The section said they helped 2 radical get retired of the location safely but 1 idiosyncratic inactive wrong was perchance having a behavioral wellness situation and equipped with a weapon.

The section called successful specialized teams that contacted that idiosyncratic but astir six hours aft the archetypal call, the section said the idiosyncratic showed up astatine the doorway and fired his weapon.

“At that point, I tin corroborate that astatine slightest 1 serviceman returned occurrence striking the individual. One of our SWAT medics provided assistance to the idiosyncratic who was aboriginal pronounced deceased,” said Deputy Commissioner Sheree Briscoe.

“We are grateful that much individuals were not hurt, either individuals successful the home, different neighbors oregon constabulary officers,” said Mayor Brandon Scott. “We volition proceed to marque definite this probe is happening with the due haste and attention.”

Hostage dialog and SWAT were called successful but a intelligence wellness mobile situation squad did not respond to this telephone due to the fact that a limb was involved.

“It gets tricky erstwhile there’s a limb involved,” said Adrienne Breidenstine with Behavioral Health System Baltimore. The enactment is simply a nonprofit that works with the metropolis to respond to intelligence wellness situation calls.

“The mobile situation teams are not typically the ones that are archetypal responders erstwhile there’s a limb involved. When there’s a limb involved, it would ever necessitate the request to person the constabulary involved. Our squad is not typically the pb for that due to the fact that simply of the heightened information that is progressive erstwhile determination are weapons,” said Breidenstine.

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The idiosyncratic who died has not yet been identified.