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Police: 2 dead, LEO hurt in shooting at Baltimore methadone clinic

By: Regina Garcia Cano, The Associated Press

BALTIMORE — A man demanding methadone opened fire at a Baltimore addiction clinic Monday, killing one person and wounding a police sergeant before he was fatally shot by police, authorities said.

Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said at a news conference that the gunman had gone into the clinic seeking the drug that helps control opioid cravings and withdrawal symptoms. It can be given only at government-regulated clinics.

Two women embrace in an alley behind the Man Alive drug treatment center in Baltimore shortly after a shooting. (Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

The shooting was reported shortly after 7 a.m. and was captured on video by the body cameras of the officers who responded to the clinic, Harrison said. The man was buzzed into the clinic, and then the situation escalated.

Full story: https://www.policeone.com/officer-shootings/articles/484411006-Police-2-dead-LEO-hurt-in-shooting-at-Baltimore-methadone-clinic/