Police Release Body-Worn Camera Footage In South Baltimore Shooting
BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Police have released the body-worn camera footage from an officer-involved shooting in south Baltimore last month.
The shooting happened around 7:35 p.m. on February 17 in the 400 block of Gilmore Street. Police were in the area when they saw a man they believed to be armed.
The video shows the man with a handgun point it at an officer inside a squad car and fire, hitting the vehicle.
Officer Courtney Wright, the officer who was fired at, returned fire. The shooter fled into an alley and was able to get away, police said.
Wright has been a member of the department since September 2011.
The shooting remains under investigation; anyone with information should call police at 410-396-2300 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP.
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