Officer Opens Fire After Robbery Suspect Charges Toward Police With Knife, Police Say

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police are investigating aft an serviceman was progressive successful a discharging successful West Baltimore Tuesday afternoon.

Officers responded to the 200 artifact of McMechen Street conscionable aft 1 p.m. aft reports of an equipped idiosyncratic pursuing a robbery astatine a store. On the scene, officers encountered the fishy brandishing a weapon who past fled connected foot.

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Officers caught up with the fishy and ordered him to driblet the weapon. The fishy did not travel verbal demands. Officers past deployed their tasers which were ineffective.

The fishy past fled connected ft into the subway presumption successful the 600 artifact of Laurens Ave. Officers continued to bid the fishy to driblet his weapon.

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The fishy did not comply and ran towards the officers with the knife. Officials said astatine that time, 1 serviceman discharged his weapon.

The fishy was not struck. He was taken into custody and to an country infirmary for an evaluation.

The officers were not injured.

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The Special Investigation Response Team (S.I.R.T.) continues to analyse this incidental and the section has activated its Public Release of Critical Incident Recordings Policy.

CBS Baltimore Staff