Maryland AG Declines Charges in Baltimore SWAT Shooting

Overview

• The Attorney General, announcing his decision on Tuesday, May 26, said the Independent Investigations Division determined the officer did not commit a crime and declined to pursue charges.
• The shooting occurred during a March 10 SWAT hostage standoff in the 6200 block of Park Heights Avenue when suspect Jonathan Ingram fired at officers and threatened two women in the home.
• A 15-year veteran SWAT officer fired one round through an upstairs window that struck and killed Ingram, and a handgun was found near his body at the scene.
• A 13-year veteran officer was shot in the leg during the confrontation, was treated with a tourniquet on scene and released from the hospital the next day, and two women inside the home were rescued and evaluated at a hospital.
• The IID is the Attorney General’s independent unit that reviews police-involved shootings in Maryland, and its finding closes the criminal legal review in this case while leaving room for departmental or community scrutiny of the incident.