A U.S. marshal on Thursday morning was trying to obtain an arrest warrant at the home of a Baltimore refugee for attempted murder.
The shooting took place in a house in North Mount Street while members of the Capital Area Regional Task Force were trying to arrest 34-year-old Donte Green.
Green was wanted on 19 charges, including attempted murder, armed robbery and gun violations. Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said at a news conference that Green shot at officers in a grocery store on Jan. 30.
“Since then, our task force with warrants has been actively trying to apprehend Mr. Green,” he said.
Green is considered a ‘high-risk refugee’, and the US Marshals are being asked to help with his arrest.
Officials said delegates knocked and then entered the house. While Green was cleaning the house, Green started firing from a closet. He punched one deputy in the upper body, authorities said.
Delegates struck the fire again and fatally struck Green.
The injured deputy was taken to R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in serious condition. He was operated on Thursday morning and is life-supporting, a doctor told the news conference.
Authorities did not want to name the injured deputy, referring to ‘privacy and other concerns’.
Mayor Brandon Scott called Tuesday’s incident a ‘very dangerous situation’.
“We must remember that we will go after these violent criminals. But remember, those who go down and try to track people down … are heroes because we know people do not always go the easy way, ‘he said.
The investigation into the shooting will be conducted by the Baltimore Police Department.
The incident comes days after two FBI agents were killed and three others injured during a shootout in Sunrise, Florida, after authorities tried to carry out a search warrant. The gunman, David Lee Huber, was killed during Tuesday’s incident.
