Baltimore police video shows officer shot man reaching for BB gun
Body camera video shows Baltimore officers tracked a stolen car for 20 minutes, then shot Maurice Daniels after one officer shouted "gun" near Clifton Avenue.
New body camera video released July 10 shows Baltimore officers tracking a stolen car for about 20 minutes before a confrontation on Clifton Avenue ended with Maurice Daniels shot after an officer saw what appeared to be a gun. The footage places the July 5 shooting in Northwest Baltimore near the Walbrook Junction Shopping Center and shows the rapid sequence that unfolded just before 1:45 a.m.
Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said the department’s Foxtrot air support unit spotted the vehicle around 1:25 a.m. The car had been stolen in an armed carjacking out of Baltimore County, and ground units followed it until it stopped in the 3300 block of Clifton Avenue. The Maryland Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division identified Daniels as the driver, a 42-year-old from Millersville, Maryland.
The video shows Daniels opening the door as if to get out, then getting back inside, locking the doors and refusing to exit. Officers moved in around the vehicle, and as one officer prepared to break a window, another officer saw what appeared to be a gun and shouted “gun.” Multiple officers then fired. Police later recovered a replica BB gun from the scene.
Daniels was struck multiple times, received immediate aid and was taken to a local hospital, where he died. No officers were injured. State investigators identified six officers involved. All six were assigned to the Operations Bureau and were placed on administrative leave.
The Independent Investigations Division opened its investigation roughly two hours after the shooting. Body-worn camera footage is generally released within 20 business days, which fits the five-day gap between the shooting and the video’s release. The case is listed as a fatal shooting involving the Baltimore City Police Department and Maurice Daniels, with an active investigation into whether the use of force was legally justified.
Police later said officers fired more than 70 shots during the encounter.
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