Overview
- Police say the confrontation followed an 18–20 minute pursuit and ended on Clifton Avenue on Sunday when officers surrounded a van linked to an armed carjacking.
- Body-worn camera video released Friday shows officers ordering the driver to exit, an officer yelling “gun,” a window being broken, and multiple officers opening fire while the driver initially had his hands up.
- Baltimore officials say six officers fired nearly 70 rounds; Maurice Daniels, 42, was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead and no officers were injured.
- Police recovered a BB gun that resembled a handgun from the vehicle and Commissioner Richard Worley said a slowed-down clip appears to show Daniels shift his right hand before shots were fired.
- All six officers are on administrative leave and the Maryland attorney general’s Independent Investigations Division is conducting an independent review that could lead to criminal or administrative referrals.