According to police, a 70-year-old lady in West Baltimore lunged at policemen with a knife on Wednesday before being shot and killed.
Officers were called to a residence in the 2700 block of Mosher Street where a lady was experiencing a mental health crisis, according to Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley.
Worley claims that at one time the woman produced a knife and, defying orders, used the weapon to strike cops.
According to Worley, the woman persisted in pursuing the cops with the knife after the officers’ unsuccessful effort to tase her failed.
Another police fired two bullets at the lady, who was declared dead at the hospital when she came at him with the knife after an officer fell.
A hospital is treating the cop.
More than 20 calls have been made to the home this year, including for behavioral health emergencies, according to Worley.
“I believe that there is a behavioral health issue on a national level. Too many of them, regrettably, involve the use of force,” Worley stated. “Our cops have received superb training that has enabled them to defuse these situations. Tragic events resulted from their inability to defuse the situation.
Reactions from neighbors to the shooting
While detectives worked the scene, cops had crime tape and set up a command center for a few hours.
The scene and the chaos during the response were recounted by the neighbors.
“I was only inside the residence. Neighbor Keonte Jones stated, “I heard the helicopter.” “I heard the helicopter first, and then I started hearing police cars back to back.”
Seeing the spectacle from their homes was frightening, according to the neighbors.
“This is too close to my house, so I was and still am anxious. “I want to move again,” neighbor Julmeala Jung remarked.
A recent police shooting
The shooting occurred roughly two miles from the Upton neighborhood, where on June 17 a local Arabber shot and wounded a cop before being shot and killed by police.
Investigations into Bilal “BJ” Abdullah Jr.’s death are still ongoing. Nevertheless, police released body-cam footage of the shooting this week, which showed Abdullah grabbing a gun from his luggage and fleeing from an officer.
According to authorities, a pistol was found at the site.
In Maryland, the Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Attorney General’s Office is usually responsible for investigating both deadly and non-fatal police-related occurrences.
Five police-involved shootings in Baltimore County
In 2025, there have been five police-involved shootings in Baltimore County.
Glenn Pettie, 43, was shot and murdered during a mental health response on North Boundary Road in Dundalk, according to police on May 18.
In April, police in Arbutus shot and killed a man carrying a bow and arrow. According to police, the man was firing at automobiles with a bow and arrow while sporting a ski mask.
According to the Attorney General’s Office, the individual was approached by two officers, and one of them shot him during the contact.
An alleged shooter was injured during a shootout with police outside Catonsville’s Wilkens Precinct in March.
Andrew Britt, an elementary school teacher in Baltimore City, allegedly strolled around the building and engaged in gunfire with police. Days later, the wounded officer was discharged from the hospital.
Howard County police shooting
In Howard County, a guy brandishing a double-edged spear was shot and killed by police on June 9. Micah Booker, 23, of Columbia, stabbed his older brother, ran away, and then came up to an officer brandishing the spear, according to the police.
According to the police, Booker was shot by policemen after disobeying an order and was discovered along Oakland Mills Boulevard.
The Maryland Attorney General’s Office said that Michael McKee, a two-year veteran assigned to the Field Operations Command, was the involved officer.
