Was an Off-duty Baltimore police justified in shooting and killing a man outside a bar?”
An off-duty Baltimore police officer shot and killed an unarmed man outside a Mount Vernon nightclub early Saturday. Police said the officer fired his service weapon at least 13 times after witnesses said the victim groped his female companion. While police said witnesses agreed that the victim had inappropriately touched the woman and fought with the officer, spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said detectives have “not been able to find a concrete motive” as to why the officer used his weapon. The victim, identified as East Baltimore resident Tyrone Brown, 32, was hit at least six times in the chest and groin, according to the police spokesman. A former Marine who served four years in Iraq, Brown worked as a maintenance man at the city jail and was taking courses to become an electrician, relatives said. He had no criminal record but for a 5-year-old charge, eventually dropped, for having an open container of alcohol. The officer, a 15-year veteran assigned to the Eastern District patrol div
13 shots seems excessive even considering the behavior of the man. The police department will have to make the decision here. The Baltimore Sun has the details: “An off-duty Baltimore police officer shot and killed an unarmed man outside a Mount Vernon nightclub early Saturday. Police said the officer fired his service weapon at least 13 times after witnesses said the victim groped his female companion. While police said witnesses agreed that the victim had inappropriately touched the woman and fought with the officer, spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said detectives have “not been able to find a concrete motive” as to why the officer used his weapon. The victim, identified as East Baltimore resident Tyrone Brown, 32, was hit at least six times in the chest and groin, according to the police spokesman. A former Marine who served four years in Iraq, Brown worked as a maintenance man at the city jail and was taking courses to become an electrician, relatives said. He had no criminal record bu
An off-duty Baltimore police officer shot and killed an unarmed man outside a Mount Vernon nightclub early Saturday. Police said the officer fired his service weapon at least 13 times on a crowded street after witnesses said the victim groped his female companion. While police said witnesses agreed that the victim had inappropriately touched the woman and fought with the officer, spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said detectives have “not been able to find a concrete motive” as to why the officer used his weapon. The victim, identified as East Baltimore resident Tyrone Brown, 32, was hit at least six times in the chest and groin, according to the police spokesman. A former Marine who served four years in Iraq, Brown worked as a maintenance man at the city jail and was taking courses to become an electrician, relatives said. He had no criminal record but for a 5-year-old charge, eventually dropped, for having an open container of alcohol.
