Police shoot and kill armed man near St. Agnes Hospital
Police said an armed man threatening suicide fired on officers near St. Agnes Hospital, and two officers returned fire before he died at the scene.
Baltimore police shot and killed an armed man near Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital after a 911 call about a suicide threat drew officers to Southwest Baltimore just after 9 a.m.
The Maryland Office of the Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division said Baltimore Police got the call at about 9:12 a.m. Thursday, May 14, in the 800 block of Caton Avenue. An officer driving in the area then encountered the man on foot in the 3300 block of Wilkens Avenue and reported that he fired a shot. Two officers returned fire and struck him.
Police said the man was taken to Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later. No officers were injured, and a handgun was recovered near the man at the scene. Investigators said the officers involved were equipped with body-worn cameras that recorded the encounter.
The location put the shooting in a dense stretch of Southwest Baltimore near a major hospital and apartment buildings, turning a police call into a neighborhood-wide disruption. Police also coordinated with Saint Agnes because of its proximity, including rerouting ambulance traffic as needed while the scene was secured.
Witnesses told CBS Baltimore they saw the man run toward the hospital and heard a brief exchange of gunfire. Police were still trying to determine who made the original 911 calls and whether the man who was killed was the caller who reported the suicidal threat.
One responding officer was trained in Crisis Intervention Team tactics, according to Baltimore media reports, underscoring the familiar challenge police face when mental health crises intersect with firearms. Residents at nearby Primrose Place Apartments said they knew the man as a longtime tenant and described him as someone with a history of chronic alcoholism, adding a personal layer to an encounter that ended in a fatal shooting.
Under Maryland law, the Office of the Attorney General must investigate all police-involved fatalities in the state. The IID generally releases the decedent’s name and the names of involved officers within two business days, and body-camera footage within 20 business days, under its protocol.
The case is one of several Baltimore City police fatalities already under IID review in 2026, adding to scrutiny of how the department responds when a mental-health call becomes an armed confrontation in a crowded urban corridor.
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