Bodycam Shows Officer Hit by Stolen Kia on West Lombard, Shot Fired

A Baltimore Police patrol officer was struck by a stolen Kia on West Lombard Street and fired one shot as the vehicle fled, footage released by the department on Feb. 26, 2026 shows. The encounter took place in the early hours of Feb. 19, 2026 while officers were responding to an attempted break-in on West Lombard Street.

The body-worn camera video, distributed by Baltimore Police, captures the patrol officer at the scene of the attempted break-in when a vehicle identified by police as a stolen Kia struck the officer. The encounter ended as the vehicle drove away and the officer discharged his service weapon one time while the car fled the scene.

Baltimore Police identified the vehicle involved as a stolen Kia in the release accompanying the body-worn camera footage. The department described the incident as a response to an attempted break-in on West Lombard Street, and the video provides the visual record of the officer being hit and the single shot fired as the Kia departed that block.

The department released the footage amid a citywide focus on transparency around police encounters that involve vehicles and use of force. The film depicts the immediate sequence of events on Feb. 19, 2026 and gives residents on West Lombard Street a direct view of how the incident unfolded in the neighborhood during the early-morning response.

Baltimore Police have made the body-worn camera video public but have not provided additional names, injury details, or arrest information in the release. The single discharge captured on the camera remains the central fact in the department’s public account of the Feb. 19 incident on West Lombard Street, as investigators and officials review the footage and the circumstances surrounding the attempted break-in and the stolen Kia.