Armed man injured after fight, foot chase ends with police shooting in Baltimore

An armed man was shot and injured by police after officers responded to a fight in West Baltimore that led to a foot chase Thursday afternoon. 

Officers were alerted to a fight around noon in the area of Wilson and Pennsylvania Avenues involving at least three people, officials said. 

Police were able to see the fight through CCTV cameras, and told patrol officers that one of the people involved had a knife, Police Commissioner Richard Worley said. 

Officers attempted to stop the man, who took off running, prompting a foot chase, according to Worley. The suspect is described by police as a 35-year-old man. 

After the chase, the suspect resisted and struggled with officers over a satchel he was holding, according to Worley. During the incident, one of the officers tased the man, which had no effect. 

The man was able to grab the taser from the officer as the officer took the satchel. As the man had the taser in his possession, an officer fired one shot, hitting him, Worley said. 

Officers immediately began rendering aid until the man was taken to a hospital. As of Thursday evening, Worley said the suspect is in critical but stable condition. 

According to Worley, a handgun was found in the satchel, and a knife was recovered from the man. 

Worley said the man was known to officers, as they recovered two handguns from him in the same area last year. Police say he will be charged with aggravated assault and resisting arrest. 

According to the police union, no officers were injured.

Sister reacts to police shooting

Family identified the man who was shot by police as 35-year-old Tavon Newton.

His sister LaShawn Newton said she is hurting and that the family can't see him at the hospital.

"This is my blood brother, so I can't rest," LaShawn Newton said. "My thinking is not even straight, because I don't know what's going on with my brother. So it's hurtful to me, after y'all hurt him, that we can't see him. Only those who can see him are the police, and remind you that the police did this."

Newton added, "So why can't his family see him, talk to him, and see what's going on, even if we could just talk through a glass? They have not let us see him. We didn't, couldn't go upstairs to anything. We could only be downstairs. Nobody is telling us any information, whether he's in surgery, nothing. We don't know anything was going on with him, so it's very hard on me."

Video shows moments before shooting

Cellphone video obtained by CBS News Baltimore shows multiple officers attempting to stop the man in an altercation. According to police, the suspect resisted and struggled with officers over a satchel he was holding.

Police said the man grabbed a taser from the officer, then the officer fired one shot, striking the suspect.

The video shows a crowd of people gathering around them. 

Neighbors at the scene said the officer didn't need to fire his weapon.

"They saying they shot him in his back," Michael Evans said. "How can you shoot a man in his back when he's down?"