Boyfriend of Woman Fatally Shot by Baltimore Co. Police Facing 9 Charges
BALTIMORE (WJZ)—The boyfriend of a woman fatally shot by Baltimore County police is now facing nine charges after police find heroin during a search warrant.
Investigators executed a search warrant at an apartment on Sulky Court in Randallstown, where police shot and killed Korryn Gaines earlier this week after she allegedly threatened to kill tactical officers during the 7-hour standoff.
The standoff began when officers went to serve two arrest warrants for Gaines and her 39-year-old boyfriend, Kareem Courtney.
Police say Courtney's warrant was for second-degree assault, and Gaines' was a failure to appear bench warrant for traffic violations -- including resisting arrest -- which occurred during a March 10 traffic stop.
When officers searched the couples' Randallstown apartment after the fatal shooting investigators say they found three bags containing 75 capsules of an off-white substance -- later determined through forensic examination to be heroin. The heroin totaled 26.7 grams.
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Police also recovered the Mossberg pistol grip shotgun Gaines used to assault the tactical officer, as well as numerous shotgun shells.
Courtney is now facing nine charges including, possession of a narcotic with intent to distribute; possession of a Schedule I narcotic; maintenance of a common nuisance; possession of paraphernalia; and five firearms charges.
Police say Courtney is disqualified from owning or having access to firearms and ammunition because of his previous criminal record.
He was convicted of attempted murder in 1996 and sentenced to eight years. He also has prior convictions for drug distribution and firearms violations.
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Courtney, who remains held without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center, was inside the home with Gaines during the standoff with police. He was eventually arrested when he surrendered with a 1-year-old boy.
Gaines was killed in the shootout with police after authorities say she pointed a shotgun at officers multiple times and at one point said, "If you don't leave, I'm going to kill you."
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Police say Gaines' 5-year-old son, Kodi, was also shot in the incident. Authorities revealed on Friday that one of their officers was the person who fired the shot that injured him.
Kodi was wounded in the arm and left cheek during the exchange of gunfire, according to police. He was hospitalized, where he remains in good condition.
Police have said none of the officers dealing directly with Gaines was equipped with a body camera during the incident. The county launched its program — which will eventually have 1,400 officers wearing them — about a month ago.
Following the shooting, police released charging documents from the traffic stop that led officers to serve the warrant on Gaines this week. On March 10, she was pulled over for having cardboard on her car where her license plates were supposed to go.
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"Any government official who compromises this pursuit to happiness and right to travel will be held criminally responsible and fined as this is a natural right and freedom," the rear piece of cardboard said, while the one in front read, "Free traveler."
Police alleged Gaines, who had two children in her car, was uncooperative during the stop and at one point told an officer he had no right to pull her over and would have to "murder her" to get her out of the vehicle.
When Gaines refused to exit, she was placed under arrest during a brief struggle in which she allegedly told her son to "fight and bite the officer" who was holding him.
For that incident, Gaines was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. She later missed a court hearing for those charges and a judge issued a warrant for her arrest.
Police have not yet identified the officer who fired the rounds that killed Gaines.
