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Body cam footage shows man pointing gun at Baltimore officer

Curtis Jamal Deal fatally shot by officer Tuesday

Body cam footage shows man pointing gun at Baltimore officer

Curtis Jamal Deal fatally shot by officer Tuesday

WEBVTT COURT, SO HE GOT OUT. A MINUTE-LONG CHASE ON FOOT. >> CURTIS DEAL, HE'S COMING BACKDOWN ON FREDERICK AVENUE.CURTIS DEAL, HE'S COMING BACKDOWN ON FREDERICK AVENUE ANDMONROE STREET. OMAR: ONE THAT ENDED IN SHOTSFIRED. >> THE DUDE ON FOOT WAS THE ONECHASING HIM DOWN. BOOM. THEY HIT HIM LIKE EIGHT TIMES. THEY FILLED HIM FOR REAL.OMAR: BUT IN THE CHASE, THISMOMENT SHOWING GUN POINTING ISWHEN DETECTIVE DAVID KINCAID,JR. FIRED SEVEN SHOTS, FOUR OFTHEM HITTING THEIR MARK, KILLING18-YEAR-OLD CURTIS DEAL. >> SHOTS FIRED, SHOTS FIRED.>> MR. DEAL POINTED A LOADED GUNAT A BALTIMORE POLICE OFFICER.PERIOD. OMAR: IT STARTED WHEN POLICE SAYDEAL BAILED OUT OF A CAR DRIVINGERRATICALLY IN SOUTHWESTBALTIMORE. THAT'S WHEN THEY SAY THEYSPOTTED HIS GUN. THEY ALSO SAY THEY IDENTIFIEDDEAL EARLY ON, BECAUSE THISWASN'T THE FIRST TIME THEY'DCOME IN CONTACT WITH HIM. HE WAS A PERSON OF INTEREST IN AHOMICIDE BACK IN DECEMBER,ARRESTED TWICE IN JANUARY ONCHARGES OF HANDGUN VIOLATION ANDHEROIN POSSESSION. THEN, MOST RECENTLY ON FEBRUARY2, ARRESTED ON FIREARM ANDDRUG-RELATED CHARGES. BUT DAYS LATER ON MONDAY, HE WASOUT. THEN THE NEXT DAY HE WAS DEAD. >> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THECRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, IT'SNOT JUST ABOUT THE COPS. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THEPROSECUTORS. YOU'VE GOT TO ADD THE JUDGES TOTHAT. >> WE CAN'T JUST LOOK TO THEPOLICE FOR THESE ANSWERS. IT IS SAD, BUT IF THIS YOUNG MANWAS IN PRISON, WHERE HE SHOULDHAVE BEEN, HE WOULD STILL BEHERE, AND HIS FAMILY WOULD NOTBE SUFFERING WITH THAT TRAUMA OFA LIFE LOSS. OMAR: AND DESPITE THAT LOSS,COMMISSIONER DAVIS DEFENDS THEACTIONS OF HIS OFFICERS. >> THESE POLICE OFFICERS CHASEDA BAD GUY WITH A GUN. THAT TAKES BRAVERY AND COURAGE,AND IT TAKES A COMMITMENT ANDDEDICATION THAT I'M PROUD OF,AND I THINK OUR COMMUNITY SHOULDBE PROUD OF AS WELL.OMAR: LOOKING AT WHAT STARTEDTHE CHASE, THE DOJ CONSENT
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Body cam footage shows man pointing gun at Baltimore officer

Curtis Jamal Deal fatally shot by officer Tuesday

Baltimore police released body camera footage that shows a man fatally shot by an officer pointing a gun at the policeman. Police identified the man Thursday as Curtis Jamal Deal, 18, and later identified the officer as Detective David Kincaid Jr., who has been with the department for five years. Police said Deal jumped out of a car Kincaid was following Tuesday and ran. Body camera footage shows Kincaid chasing Deal before coming face-to-face with him and firing. The footage shows Deal clutching a gun and raising it toward Kincaid before the shots were fired. App users tap here to watch the body camera video "Mr. Deal pointed a loaded gun at a Baltimore police officer, period," Commissioner Kevin Davis said. Kincaid fired seven shots, four of which hit Deal, who did not fire his weapon. "These police officers chased a bad guy with a gun, and that takes bravery and courage, and it takes a commitment and dedication that I'm proud of, and I think our community should be proud of as well," Davis said. Police are still looking for the people that were in the car with Deal. Deal had been arrested three times in the past month on gun and drug charges. Deal became a person of interest in a homicide in December. He was arrested twice in January -- on Jan. 4 and Jan. 30 -- on charges of handgun violation and heroin possession. He was most recently arrested on Feb. 2 on drug and firearm charges. On Monday, Deal got out on bail. In his most recent arrest, an assistant state's attorney requested that Deal be held without bail, but the judge reduced that to $250,000 unsecured bond, which means Deal wouldn't have to pay unless he didn't show up to court, so he got out. His next court appearance was scheduled to be Feb. 16, and he was due in court for the other arrests on March 2. "We can't just look to the police for these answers," Baltimore City Councilman Brandon Scott said. "If this young man was in prison where he should have been, he would still be here and his family would not be suffering with that trauma of a life lost." "When we talk about the criminal justice system, it's not just about the cops. It's not just about the prosecutors. You've got to add the judges to that," Davis said. Kincaid is on routine administrative leave.

Baltimore police released body camera footage that shows a man fatally shot by an officer pointing a gun at the policeman.

Police identified the man Thursday as Curtis Jamal Deal, 18, and later identified the officer as Detective David Kincaid Jr., who has been with the department for five years.

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Police said Deal jumped out of a car Kincaid was following Tuesday and ran. Body camera footage shows Kincaid chasing Deal before coming face-to-face with him and firing. The footage shows Deal clutching a gun and raising it toward Kincaid before the shots were fired.

App users tap here to watch the body camera video

"Mr. Deal pointed a loaded gun at a Baltimore police officer, period," Commissioner Kevin Davis said.

Kincaid fired seven shots, four of which hit Deal, who did not fire his weapon.

"These police officers chased a bad guy with a gun, and that takes bravery and courage, and it takes a commitment and dedication that I'm proud of, and I think our community should be proud of as well," Davis said.

Police are still looking for the people that were in the car with Deal.

Deal had been arrested three times in the past month on gun and drug charges. Deal became a person of interest in a homicide in December. He was arrested twice in January -- on Jan. 4 and Jan. 30 -- on charges of handgun violation and heroin possession. He was most recently arrested on Feb. 2 on drug and firearm charges.

On Monday, Deal got out on bail. In his most recent arrest, an assistant state's attorney requested that Deal be held without bail, but the judge reduced that to $250,000 unsecured bond, which means Deal wouldn't have to pay unless he didn't show up to court, so he got out. His next court appearance was scheduled to be Feb. 16, and he was due in court for the other arrests on March 2.

"We can't just look to the police for these answers," Baltimore City Councilman Brandon Scott said. "If this young man was in prison where he should have been, he would still be here and his family would not be suffering with that trauma of a life lost."

"When we talk about the criminal justice system, it's not just about the cops. It's not just about the prosecutors. You've got to add the judges to that," Davis said.

Kincaid is on routine administrative leave.

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