Overview
- Footage shows officers from the Group Violence Unit follow Hawkins from a Belair Road liquor store before he runs as they order him to show his hands.
- Police say Hawkins reached for a handgun, after which Officers Arthur Fuog and Omar Rodriguez fired 17 rounds during a roughly 14-second span shown on the videos.
- Hawkins did not fire a shot, and investigators recovered a loaded Star 9mm semi-automatic near him, according to police.
- Commissioner Richard Worley said the video supports that the officers acted appropriately and noted Hawkins was legally barred from possessing a firearm.
- The Maryland Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division is reviewing the case as the three involved officers, including Devin Yancy who did not fire, remain on administrative duty and relatives and activists hold protests.