Baltimore woman Korryn Gaines shot dead by police, – son also shot

Baltimore police killed a woman who they said pointed a gun at them and threatened to shoot them. The woman’s five-year-old son was also shot, but it is not clear by whom.

Police engaged in an hours-long standoff with Korryn Gaines, 23, at an apartment in Randallstown in the north-west of the city.

Police said that Gaines, who was seated on the floor with her five-year-old son in her arms, repeatedly pointed a gun at officers and said she was going to kill them if they didn’t leave.

An office fired at Gaines, who shot back several rounds. When the police fired again, they killed her. It was not made clear where the child was when the shooting took place.

The five-year-old was taken to hospital with a gunshot wound but is expected to survive, police said.

Gaines’s uncle, Jerome Baett, 44, called his niece ‘feisty, but smart and respectful.’

‘My niece is a good person,’ he said.

The officers were placed on routine administrative leave. Their names will be released 48 hours after the incident.

Korryn Gaines was shot at her apartment (Picture: Twitter)

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