Video of a barricade situation in Baltimore County is gaining attention and giving a closer look at what led to police shooting and killing a man inside his home on Wednesday night.

The barricade situation prompted by a reported shooting in Dundalk ended early Thursday after more than five hours, police said. Six officers fired their weapons, and a man was killed.

Officers responded to the 2100 block of Larkhall Road for a report of shots fired around 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, according to Baltimore County Police. 

According to the Maryland Attorney General's Office, a preliminary investigation revealed that officers saw an armed man inside the home standing at a second-floor window. Officers fired their weapons and shot the man.

Investigators said the police department's tactical team responded to the scene and established a barricade. 

About two hours after the shooting, officers entered the home and found the man inside on the first floor with apparent gunshot wounds, according to investigators. He died at the scene. He was identified as 55-year-old Robert Adams, according to the Maryland Attorney General.

The Attorney General's Office said two guns were recovered from inside the home near the window where officers initially observed the man. Nobody else was injured.

The Attorney General's Independent Investigations Division was involved in the investigation. The division typically handles investigations into fatal police-involved incidents.

The officers who fired their weapons were put on administrative leave, which is standard department policy.

Neighbors said the man never shot at or threatened police

Neighbors told WJZ that the man never threatened police, and that police never announced themselves until moments before the shooting.

"They blasted him. It was multiple shots from the police side," said Anthony Ewing, who said he watched the whole situation unfold from outside his home. "His whole family was here trying to get over there, and the police wouldn't let him by. If they could have gotten there to talk to him, they could have gotten him to calm down. They didn't give him a chance."

Ewing said the man never shot at officers.  

"He bent down to see what was going on because nobody was trying to talk to him on the bullhorn or anything, so he was looking to see what was going on outside," Ewing said.

Neighbors say the man suffered from mental illness, but they never felt he was dangerous.

They said he had an argument with a family member before the incident, and he fired two shots in the air to try and get the family member to leave, prompting the initial 911 call.

Neighbors say it was nearly two hours before the SWAT team arrived to go inside the home after the shooting, and no first aid or medical attention was rendered to the man in between.

"He was kind. I've seen him walking all the time, we'd talk and all. As long as he wasn't having an episode, he was just like me or you," Ewing said.

The involved officers were identified as Officer Andrew Meyer (six years of service) Officer Malik McLaughlin (six years of service), Officer Austin Kiss (four years of service), Officer Nicholas Cook (three years of service), Officer Mason Rice (one year of service) and Officer Like Eubert (one year of service), according to the Attorney General's Office.

Crime in Baltimore County 

Despite recent incidents, weapons offenses have slightly declined in Baltimore County in recent years, data from the police department shows.

In 2024, the county reported 764 weapons offenses, a nearly 8% drop from the 835 cases reported in 2023, data shows. 

So far in 2025, 451 weapons offenses have been recorded in the county. 

Homicide numbers remained relatively the same in the past two years, with 32 cases reported in 2023 and 33 cases reported in 2024, according to police data. So far in 2025, 26 homicides have been reported in the county. 

Three people died in a recent shooting in a Baltimore County home, police said on Aug. 26. 

The victims were discovered in a Catonsville home after a "check on subject" call in the 700 block of Wilton Farm Drive, according to officers.