Baltimore County Police Department officers arrived at Gaines’ apartment at Carriage Hill Apartments on Sulky Court to serve her a warrant. Gaines was in the apartment holding a Mossberg shotgun and with her five-year-old son; a standoff between Gaines and police ensued. Police say that after several hours of standoff, Gaines threatened officers with a shotgun. Gaines was subsequently shot and killed by police. Gaines’ five-year-old son, Kodi, was shot by police,. Kodi’s arm was struck by bullets and suffered an elbow injury and bullet fragments in his face. Gaines’ boyfriend, Kareem Kiean Courtney (age 39), who was living with Gaines, was able to leave the apartment with Gaines’ 1-year-old daughter, upon which he was briefly detained by police before being released. While the Baltimore County Police Department is equipped with a Mobile Crisis Team that “pairs a mental health clinician with a police officer to provide emergency police response to persons in need of crisis intervention,” this unit was never called in to de-escalate the situation.
Source: Wikipedia
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