BPD releases body-worn camera footage from officer-involved shooting near Lexington Market

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — The Baltimore Police Department has released the body-worn camera footage from the officer-involved shooting during an altercation involving a vehicle near Lexington Market.

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You can watch the full release of the footage in the above video.

Officers said that the shooting occurred around 9:35 p.m. on August 22 in the 200 block of Eutaw Street.

Police said an officer was issuing a parking citation to a vehicle with suspended and expired tags and waiting for a tow truck to arrive.

The owner of the car arrived, and repeatedly denied that the vehicle belonged to him, according to authorities.

However, police informed the man that records confirmed he was the owner of the vehicle and was advised that the car was being towed. The man was also told he could retrieve his belongings from the car.

Police said the owner denied having the vehicle’s keys, but he quickly entered the vehicle and started it.

The officer was positioned near the front of the driver’s side door and the man put the car in drive and began moving back and forth, striking and dragging the officer with the vehicle, despite the officer telling him to stop.

Police Commissioner Richard Worley said that the officer fired at least three rounds into the car.

Police said the officer pulled the man from the car and began providing medical aid to him.

During that time, the officer was waiting for a colleague to arrive and position a vehicle in front of the car to prevent it from moving.

An ambulance took the 29-year-old man to a local hospital for treatment. The officer was transported to a hospital to receive medical treatment for neck and back injuries, too.

“He allowed the individual to get in the car,” Worley said. “The other unit was coming up to block him in, which is routine, we block the front and the back so they can’t move.”

A crowd gathered at the scene, Worley added.

“The numerous officers who got to the scene to assist had to direct all their attention to holding the crowd back from getting to the vehicle, getting to the individual that was lying on the ground,” he said.

“From what I saw, the officer did exactly what we ask him to do,'” Worley said.