A woman who pointed a gun at police serving arrest warrants at her apartment was shot and killed by officers in a shooting that also left a 5-year-old boy wounded, Baltimore County police said.
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In one of the videos posted on her Instagram, police can be heard asking Gaines a question about a phone, to which she replies “it’s charging”.
“We did in fact reach out to social media authorities to deactivate her account in order to preserve the integrity of the negotiation process with her and for the safety of our personnel, her child”, Johnson said, according to the Sun.
A search of Maryland court filings shows that police filed traffic and criminal charges separately against Gaines in relation to a March 11 traffic stop.
Authorities say an armed black woman fatally shot during a standoff with police had previously refused to get out of her vehicle during a traffic stop in March, saying officers would have to “murder” her.
Police said Gaines threatened to kill them.
Asked later if police contemplated bringing body cameras to the scene during the hours-long standoff, Armacost said she would have to check and get back to reporters.
“Gaines was posting video of the operation, and followers were encouraging her not to comply with negotiators’ requests that she surrender peacefully”, a spokesperson for the Baltimore County Police Department said.
Baltimore County Police went to Sulky Court in Randallstown about 9:40 a.m. Monday to serve arrest warrants forKorryn Gaines, 23, and her boyfriend, Kareem K. Courtney, 39.
They waited outside the door for around 10 minutes, Police Chief Jim Johnson said during a press conference Monday, and one officer obtained a key to the apartment.
Police said she was armed with a 12-gauge pistol grip shotgun that was legally purchased a year ago and towards the end of the negotiations pointed it directly at an officer and said: “If you don’t leave, I’m going to kill you”.
Baltimore police say Gaines was holding a 12-gauge shot gun and was shot when she herself opened fire, after saying: “If you don’t leave, I’m going to kill you”. The video of the boy is still available on her Instagram account.
During the stop, she said officers were trying to “steal her auto and they would have to “murder” her to get her out of the vehicle, according to court documents”.
According to a Facebook Government Request Report, the company received 855 disclosure of information requests from a government agency in cases of risk of serious physical harm or death to a person.
It’s unclear if the child’s injury came from Gaines’ gun or the police, authorities said, but he was in good condition Tuesday.
The department did not release the names or races of the officers involved, who were placed on administrative leave. The officers retreated to the hallway, and a man ran from the apartment with a 1-year-old boy, authorities said.
It’s not clear what Gaines’ relationship with the baby is, or whether the infant was the one with her during the March traffic stop.
Armacost said police were working with Gaines’ father and mental health professionals, along with trained negotiators, throughout the day. Tragically in this circumstance, the child that was also in the dwelling was struck by a round. None of the officers present were wearing body cameras. He has been released on his own recognizance.
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Gaines’ uncle Jerome Barnett, 44, told the Baltimore Sun that his niece “was feisty, but she was smart and she was respectful”.
