BALTIMORE: Gunfire Near Bnos Yisroel Girls School And The Agudah Leaves Police Officer Wounded

A tense and chaotic scene unfolded Tuesday afternoon in northwest Baltimore when an active shooter opened fire from a window near Bnos Yisroel of Baltimore and The Agudah shul, wounding multiple police officers and triggering emergency lockdown procedures.

Police rushed to the 3700 block of Park Heights Avenue for reports of a burglary in progress. Officers responding to the scene came under fire as they attempted to contain the situation.

A woman jumped out of a window during the tense confrontation and another woman was held at gunpoint by the man before he was shot, Police Commissioner Richard Worley said.

“It was relatively quick because he was firing on our officers,” Worley said.

Authorities said at least on police officer was struck in the leg by gunfire during the confrontation. The officer was in stable condition at University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center. Dr. Thomas Scalea praised a “buddy” who applied a tourniquet at the scene.

“We’re just so thankful that the officer or any other folks in that neighborhood were not severely harmed,” Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott told reporters. “Our thoughts are with him and his family, and even the family of the deceased.”

The man who died was related to people at the home, Worley said.

No names were released. The Baltimore Fraternal Order of Police, a union that represents officers, said “all involved members are in good spirits.”

The suspected shooter was shot and killed by another officer.

At nearby Bnos Yisroel of Baltimore, a girls’ elementary school located just off the main road, administrators quickly placed the campus under a precautionary soft lockdown as police activity intensified in the area.

School officials reassured parents that all students and staff were safe.

“BNY: SOFT LOCKDOWN IN PLACE. ALL GIRLS/STAFF ARE SAFE. CARS CANNOT ACCESS THE CAMPUS. WE WILL UPDATE SOON,” the school wrote in a message sent to families as police vehicles and emergency responders flooded the surrounding streets.

Police say the investigation remains ongoing.