Baltimore police officers shoot, kill man who fired gun at them, commissioner says

Baltimore Police shot and killed a man who allegedly fired a gun at them Tuesday night, investigators said.

Officers were called to Bank Street in southeast Baltimore, just after 9 p.m. for a report of a man threatening someone with a gun.

Baltimore police shooting

Police found the man riding a bike on Eastern Avenue, near the Interstate 95 south exit ramp. According to investigators, police struggled with the man and they tried to take him into custody. At some point, they said the man pulled out a gun and allegedly fired a shot close to the officers. Two officers then fired back, killing him, according to Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley.

"This could have completely been avoided had the suspect just complied with the officers demands to show his hands so we could take him into custody. Unfortunately, he decided to pull a weapon and tried to kill our officers and our officers shot back," Worley told reporters.

No officers were hurt. The man who was killed has not been identified. The Maryland Attorney General's office will investigate the shooting.

"It's scary all the way around," said Kelly Barger, who lives in the area. "It's been a drastic change in the last 10-15 years, but you know they do the best they can do to keep us safe and try to bring the crime down as much as they can."

2 Baltimore police shootings this week

This is the second police shooting in Baltimore in two days. 

On Monday, they said a woman armed with a knife was shot by an officer during a response to a mental health crisis. She was taken to the hospital with what they described as non-life-threatening injuries.