1st. I want to reiterate
with the sergeant, his fa
his co workers, the entir
committee. We're all shak
we also know that this se
is strong and resilient.
provide the family and ou
support and the resources
I have spoken with the st
and confirmed that the se
condition now and it's ou
This incident is yet anot
of the level of violence
plague our city. And as w
the sergeant was exactly
to be doing exactly what
be doing. He put himself
make sure citizens are pr
committing violent acts a
safer Baltimore. On June
eight o'clock P. M. Serge
a vehicle stop in the 520
Avenue. After a traffic v
approach, the sergeant ob
and confirmed that the su
was given verbal commands
At which point the sergea
to physically remove the
Suspect then accelerated
sergeant partially still
him approximately two blo
7:30 a.m. Officers respon
of druid Hill Avenue for
situation. Central distri
swat responded and secure
11:30 a.m. And a person o
into custody without inci
is identified as 36 year
Black and has been arrest
last night's incident. Ju
Black confessed to his in
one of our members. When
violent offenders, this i
to. Black has been arrest
as an adult with little o
He has multiple arrests f
to include attempted murd
charges and he was on pro
I want to thank the hardw
our department who contin
and every day to make our
their lives on the line t
I also want to thank our
case and all of the law e
who assisted us in appreh
We would not have been ab
a thorough and swift inve
the assistance of our reg
partners, our crime Labor
the warrant apprehension
S. Marshals as well as th
community. Also a special
the policing leaders from
who reached out to me las
to send well wishes to ou
our sergeant's family. I
of the efforts of the ent
department and want to re
prayers and well wishes t
family and our city at th
it over to Mayor scott fo
Mr Commissioner and thank
women and men of BPD who
day putting their lives o
to make Baltimore a safer
want to offer my continue
for the sergeant, his fam
the entire community of P
this unfortunate and trag
you heard from the Commis
from us last night. Serge
his job exactly where we
the 5100 block of Park He
last night, if you've eve
there's no question to wh
in that block. If you tal
in Park Heights, the firs
gonna mention this to 510
and we, he was out of his
engaging and doing the th
so often from folks about
aren't doing uh, doing ex
was supposed to be a norm
officer in shock trauma a
who had no business being
still been behind bars, w
on the streets of Baltimo
if you're this officer's
victims of the previous c
this same individual, wha
have on you in your commu
reason why someone with m
second degree attempted m
charges in connection wit
even granted parole. Ther
that and really what we h
other parts of our system
changed and updated becau
we are going to make sure
with to improve them beca
that ended up with one of
in shock trauma under the
last night. This highligh
up our rehabilitation and
clearly someone who was i
for years wasn't properly
reenter into our society.
in our community who work
work around the clock to
for our residents. But it
for them for their commun
same individuals over and
I am grateful that our se
is improving, but we have
and all of us, those of u
what led to this with a f
is bigger than the commis
me. It's bigger than Balt
to start with ourselves a
us. These broken systems.
we have been hearing for
to stop playing because w
putting people's public s
I thought you said he was
wasn't granted parole. We
doing what the rest for t
illegal and please crashe
was in the car served, ma
doing their job. Well, yo
to make sure we produce q
over for prosecution. We'
and it's unknown what hap
What we can say is that w
people who are repeat vio
of that is not because th
bad cases for many reason
to make sure that we prod
that make it through. And
cases, we believe those c
that led to convictions.
or what the korean park.
what we can tell you is t
we make sure that we can
and interrogate if necess
information we need. If w
case is connected to othe
connected to others, expl
did he become? No. Well w
now is that the sergeant
violation and that's what
now was making the stop u
Apparently observed that
Apparently when verbal co
not work, the officer was
physical removal of the s
at which time he hit the
with the vehicle. Thus dr
Uh, what we know is that
a violation which was a t
self free. I believe ther
striking of another vehic
the officer became dislod