Baltimore Police Fatally Shoot Korryn Gaines And Injure Her 5-Year-Old Son

Baltimore Police Fatally Shoot Korryn Gaines And Injure Her 5-Year-Old Son

Another day, another hashtag.

A Baltimore woman was fatally shot while holding her son according to Independent UK. Police officers reportedly attempted to execute an arrest warrant on the woman and a man who also lived at the home when things went terribly wrong.

Korryn Gaines’s five-year-old son was also shot in a limb during a stand-off with police at their home in Randallstown, Maryland.

Baltimore County Police said the boy was taken to hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries, and would not confirm whether the child was struck by a bullet fired by his 23-year-old mother or police.

Tributes were being paid to Ms Gaines from across the US on Tuesday, with her death being condemned by friends, relatives and supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement.

The race of the officers who shot the mother, who was black, have not been released, but campaigners characterised the incident as a continuation of a series of controversial police shootings involving people of colour.

There was also suspicion over the reported deletion of Facebook videos posted by Ms Gaines during the stand-off and other social media posts.

A police spokesperson said three officers were executing an arrest warrant on Ms Gaines and a man at the same address on Monday morning.

He was wanted for assault, while Ms Gaines had had failed to appear in court over several traffic charges, including disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after being stopped by police last March.

Watch this clip of Korryn explaining to her son what police can do to him prior to her death:

Do Black lives really matter at this point?

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