Crime & Safety

Harwood Man Disarms Assailant Armed with Shotgun

The man leaped on the suspect and took the gun away from him.

A man disarmed an assailant who was pointing a shotgun at him in Harwood.

According to Baltimore police, at 11:17 p.m., April 28 an assailant pointed a sawed off Stevens Model 940 shotgun at a man in the 400 block of E. 28th Street. 

When the assailant pointed the shotgun at the man he leaped onto the suspect and disarmed him.

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The assailant then took off running and left the shotgun behind.

A warrant has been obtained for the suspect. 

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