Police say a Baltimore district commander will be placed on routine administrative duty after shooting a man who refused commands to show his hands.
The shooting happened shortly before 7:15 p.m. Monday in the 2400 block of Washington Boulevard near Harmon Avenue in Morrell Park.
Police said the officer was by himself in a patrol car when he stopped a man at the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Reynolds Street to speak with him.
Police said the officer told a 40-year-old man to show his hands, but police said he refused.
As this encounter took place, and the officer continued to give commands, the officer fired a single shot, striking the suspect in his leg. The person was taken to the hospital, where he has non-life-threatening injuries.
In a statement released Tuesday, a department spokesman identified Maj. Byron Conaway, the southwest district commander and 16-year veteran, as the officer involved in Monday evening's shooting in his district.
Spokesman T. J. Smith said Conaway was headed to a community meeting when he stopped to speak to the man. Smith says the man wouldn't take his hands out of his pockets when Conaway demanded to see them. Smith says the man was shot in the leg and Conaway applied a tourniquet. A hospital spokeswoman says the 40-year-old man has been discharged.
Smith says no weapon was found on the man, who is white. Conaway is black.
Source WBAL
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