When two officers arrived and ordered officers the man to drop the knife, the man dropped down on top of the woman, Madison said. Madison said he saw a man holding a knife over a woman on the ground as bystanders yelled at him to get off her. Police did not identify the man or the woman.ĭemontea Madison said he witnessed the shooting from the middle of Fulton Avenue, which has a median running through the center of four lanes. Police spokeswoman Lindsey Eldridge said medics treated the woman for minor injuries at the scene. ![]() ![]() He said the woman was not stabbed or shot, and was in good condition. Medics took the man to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Harrison said. Police took the knife and rendered medical aid to the man, Harrison said. The officer fired multiple times at the man, who rolled off the woman. “The suspect placed himself what appears to be on top of the female while armed with a very large knife,” Harrison said. The man rolled over on top of the woman, Harrison said. Harrison said body camera video shows that an officer driving a police cruiser exited his car while calling for backup, then ordered the man to drop the knife and get onto the ground. ![]() Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said officers responded at about 3:40 p.m. to the intersection of Lafayette and North Fulton avenues for a report of a man armed with a knife assaulting a woman who was on the ground. Baltimore Police officials say a police officer shot and killed a man who attacked a woman while holding a knife at the border of Harlem Park and Sandtown-Winchester in West Baltimore on Sunday afternoon.
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