Attorney General investigates fatal Baltimore police shooting on Wilkens Avenue

A fatal police shooting near Wilkens Avenue has drawn a state homicide review after Baltimore officers responded to a 911 call about a man threatening to kill himself in southwest Baltimore.

The Maryland Office of the Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division said it opened the case after the shooting on Thursday, May 14, 2026. Baltimore Police Department officers got the call at about 9:12 a.m. for an armed individual in the 800 block of Caton Avenue, then encountered the man on foot in the 3300 block of Wilkens Avenue, where the confrontation turned deadly.

According to the preliminary investigation, an officer driving in the area saw the man and reported that he fired a shot. That officer got out of the cruiser and issued commands. Police said a second officer arrived moments later, and both officers discharged their firearms, striking the man. EMS took over at the scene, and the man was transported to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.

Investigators said a handgun was recovered near the man at the scene. No officers were injured. The officers involved were wearing body-worn cameras, and the video is expected to be released under Baltimore Police Department and Independent Investigations Division policy.

Under Maryland law, the Attorney General must investigate all police-involved fatalities in the state. The review lands in a city that has faced continuing scrutiny over how police respond to armed people and behavioral-health crises, especially in neighborhoods where emergency calls can quickly become armed encounters.

For residents along Caton Avenue and Wilkens Avenue, the case is likely to be watched closely because it sits at the intersection of public safety, crisis response, and police accountability. The Independent Investigations Division will now examine the body-camera footage, witness accounts, the recovered handgun, and the sequence of shots that ended the confrontation.