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CBS News
19-05-2025
- CBS News
Baltimore County police called to de-escalate mental health crisis before deadly shooting, neighbors say
A mother called police to de-escalate a mental health episode before her son was shot and killed by Baltimore County police officers in Dundalk on Sunday, according to neighbors. Glenn Pettie, who is in his 40s, died after an armed altercation with officers in the 8200 block of N. Boundary Road, police said. Glenn Pettie, who is in his 40s, died after an armed altercation with officers in the 8200 block of N. Boundary Road, police said. CBS News Baltimore "They knocked on her door, they knew he had mental health issues, so one cop gets out, knocks on the door, and the other cop sits in his car," said a neighbor. "Then the one cop gets on his radio and told the other cop he's going to walk around back." Neighbors told WJZ that Pettie was near his back door, and then they heard gunfire. They said Pettie's grandmother and 20-year-old son were pleading with the officers to stop shooting. Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough said two officers fired shots at the man with whom they had an exchange. Pettie was pronounced dead at the hospital. A neighbor said an officer hid behind the grandmother's car while firing shots. "We just heard, 'bang, bang, bang,' and my friend, he usually walks up and down the street, he was sitting on the brick wall, and he says, 'Did you hear that?'" said Russell Hayes, a neighbor. The investigation is being handled by the Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Office of the Attorney General. The officers have been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation. This was the fifth police shooting in Baltimore County in 2025, according to Police Chief McCullough. "The thing I want to point out is the danger of the number of handguns that are on the street, the number of handguns that our officers are encountering," McCullough said. "More and more people are armed with handguns or armed with a knife." "They could have done it a different way" Neighbors told WJZ they didn't anticipate the call for help would end with a man fatally shot. "This area is usually a pretty good area," said Hayes. "We don't usually have crime. The neighbors get along good." Neighbors and the family acknowledge Pettie's mental health issues. He made a social media post on Sunday before he was killed that said, in part, "I'm tired of no sleep…this town has gobbled me up and showed no love for me and mine." After his death, Pettie's friends commented, saying things like, "Glenn was a nice guy" and "You clearly needed help and you were asking for it… I'm sorry." Pettie's neighbor, who knew him for 10 years, said the deadly shooting should have ended differently. "Even when he was going through his mental health crisis, we would talk to him, I would talk to him," a neighbor said. "He would say, 'You are my Libra friend,' and he always smiled and talked to me. I was always able to calm him down and talk to him. They could have done it a different way."
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Yahoo
Person shot by police in Dundalk Sunday night
Baltimore County police are at the scene of a police-involved shooting in Dundalk in the 8200 block of N. Boundary Road. 'Residents can expect a large police presence as the circumstances surrounding the incident are being investigated. There is no threat to the community,' Baltimore County police said in a post to X late Sunday. Police said the shooting is being investigated by the Independent Investigations Division of the Maryland attorney general's office, which is tasked with examining fatal police encounters or those with injuries that might result in death. The shooting comes less than a week after a Baltimore City police officer fatally shot a 26-year-old man on York Road on Monday. In that incident, police said Jai Marc Howell fired several shots at officers, with multiple hitting a police cruiser. Officers returned fire and struck the man, who died at a hospital. Since Jan. 1, there have been eight police-involved deaths in Maryland, according to data listed by the IID on its website. Half of those incidents have been fatal shootings. This story will be updated. Have a news tip? Contact Racquel Bazos at rbazos@ 443-813-0770 or on X as @rzbworks.
CBS News
19-05-2025
- CBS News
Person hospitalized after shooting involving Baltimore County police
A person was hospitalized following a shooting involving Baltimore County officers on Sunday in Dundalk. The shooting happened in the 8200 block of N. Boundary Street, where residents can expect a large police presence. There is no threat to the community, police said. The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Office of the Attorney General will be investigating the shooting, according to Baltimore County police.
Fox News
20-04-2025
- Fox News
Police take down stabbing, arson suspect at Maryland's National Harbor
An officer-involved shooting took place on Easter Sunday in National Harbor, Maryland. Police say around 8:20 a.m. officers responded to a stabbing call, where a man and a woman were found with "critical stab wounds." "Before fleeing that scene, the suspect also set fire to the apartment," Prince George's County Police Department Chief Malik Aziz said during a media conference. "Officers learned the stabbing was domestic-related, and the suspect was known to the victims." Less than two hours later, "Officers responded to the National Harbor where they encountered the suspect in that earlier stabbing at St. George Blvd and Potomac Passage. The suspect was still armed with a knife and moved towards an officer." Two officers discharged their duty weapons, Aziz said. The suspect was struck an unknown number of times. The suspect was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died. No officers were injured in the incident. The stabbing victims are in critical but stable condition, police say. Investigators have not yet confirmed the relationship between the stabbing victims and suspect. Identities have not been released. The Maryland Attorney General's Independent Investigations Division is now in charge of the investigation.
Yahoo
03-04-2025
- Yahoo
Heartbroken mom speaks out after 3-year-old daughter killed by driver fleeing police in Maryland
PRINCE GEORGE'S CO., Md. - A Prince George's County mother is mourning the death of her three-year-old daughter, who was killed when a suspect fleeing police slammed into their car. Investigators say the suspect was fleeing from District Heights police when they hit the mother and daughter in their car. FOX 5's Shomari Stone visited the home of the Harrison family, where three-year-old Zoey rode her bikes, played with toys and played with her pet turtle. The Independent Investigations Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General says the driver of an Inifiniti crashed into the car Zoey and her mother Tanisha were in on Addison Road South on the evening of Friday, March 7. Two District Heights police officers and one Capitol Heights officer were involved in the fatal collision. According to investigators, the driver was speeding away from police after an officer attempted to make a traffic stop on Marlboro Pike. Medics took Tanishia and Zoey to the hospital, where the little girl was later pronounced dead. The Maryland Office of the Attorney General is still investigating the circumstances of the crash.
