[ShaunoftheDead]

Tyree Moorehead, 46, was fatally shot by a Baltimore police officer near West Lafayette and North Fulton avenues on November 6, 2022. Moorehead was known in West Baltimore for spray-painting "No Shoot Zone" anti-violence signs.

The Maryland attorney general's Independent Investigations Division said Officer Zachary Rutherford encountered Moorehead standing over a woman with a butcher knife. Investigators said Moorehead ignored repeated commands to drop the knife and get on the ground, then lunged at the woman and got on top of her. Rutherford fired 14 shots, striking Moorehead 12 times. Moorehead was taken to a hospital, where he died. The woman, who said she did not know him, was not seriously injured.

Baltimore City State's Attorney Ivan Bates later declined to prosecute Rutherford. His office concluded that the officer reasonably believed Moorehead was armed and posed an imminent threat to the woman's life.

[Saskdevil]

Fuck yeah. Surprised that cop did show sooner. That was one hell of a knife! She really musta pissed them off

[joos]

I'm so confused why he laid on top of her. What the hell was that even about?

[kellyhound]

Also Tuesday, the Maryland Attorney General's Office's Independent Investigations Division identified the officer who shot Moorehead as Officer Zachary Rutherford, a three-year law-enforcement veteran assigned to BPD's operations bureau.

Baltimore Deputy Police Commissioner Brian Nadeau said one of the videos is from Rutherford's bodyworn camera, and a second video is from a bodyworn camera of Officer-trainee Michael Hazel.

The videos show Rutherford repeatedly ordering Moorehead to drop the knife before firing multiple gunshots while Moorehead was on the ground. Moorehead stayed on top of the woman, holding a butcher's knife.

"What we saw the officer witness was a large knife in his hand, struggling with this female, and we saw him get back on top of the female with the knife," Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said, adding that an investigation continues. "This is based on the time that the threat is present."

Harrison said it was unknown how many times Moorehead was struck and that the medical examiner will confirm that information. More than a dozen gunshots were heard on the videos.

The police commissioner was limited in the questions he answered.

"We're going to await the outcome of the investigation," Harrison said. "What we can say and what you just witnessed is that a woman's life was saved."

Nadeau said the videos were given to the U.S. Attorney's Office, the Maryland Attorney General's Office, the Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office and a civil rights organization.

[LouSinew]

After 14 shots he was still moving & holding the knife.

[LouSinew]

After 14 shots he was still holding the knife & moving.

[DanteAntonelli]

Originally Posted by LouSinew ↗

After 14 shots he was still moving & holding the knife.

Yes, he was.

[DanteAntonelli]

Originally Posted by LouSinew ↗

After 14 shots he was still holding the knife & moving.

Yes, he was.

[Dazzab81]

Errrm i dont think he's guna move after you pump him full of bullets

[Roosta]