A man who pulled a
loaded gun on an off-duty police officer was fatally shot by a
second police officer at a South Baltimore nightclub early
Thursday.
The incident took place about 1:45 a.m. outside Club Mate and
Lunge in the Brooklyn section of Baltimore, according to Officer
Troy Harris, a police spokesman.
A man was thrown
out of the club went to his car and got a loaded handgun, Harris
said. A bouncer saw the man and told a plainclothes police
sergeant who was working a security guard, the spokesman said.
The sergeant
confronted the man and a fight ensued, Harris said. A second
police officer who had also been working security in the club
came out and saw the man pull the gun. He shot the man several
times, Harris said, adding that police recovered the loaded
weapon.
The man who was
killed was identified as Quinton Quinell Monroe, 23, of
Baltimore. Police said that Monroe had been convicted of
attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and illegal
handgun possession.
The name of the
officer who fired his gun was not released.
Three
officer-involved shooting deaths have taken place in Baltimore
this year, and a fourth person died after being hit by a Taser
in a confrontation with police.
