NEW YORK (VINnews) — A man entered a barber’s shop in Baltimore, brandished a pistol and shot the barber to death. The man then ordered the client to leave his chair and get down. Instead, the off-duty police officer pulled out a gun and shot the shooter, 38-year-old Carlos Ortega, five times, killing him instantly, according to a report by the Baltimore Sun.
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Investigators of the incident allege Ortega was also responsible for two earlier shootings that left a 44-year-old man dead and another person critically injured.
Police are trying to determine a motive linking the three shootings. The third and final shooting occurred at The Bladi Style barber shop in the 5700 block of O’Donnell St. in Baltimore’s Medford neighborhood.
After Ortega allegedly committed the other two shootings Saturday, he entered the barbershop and fatally shot 33-year-old Rafael Jeffers, authorities said.
The off-duty Baltimore police sergeant was getting a haircut from the barber at about 3:16 p.m. Saturday, Baltimore Police Commissioner Harrison said. The officer, who was armed while off duty and in plain clothes, responded quickly “and with great bravery produced his firearm” and fatally shot Ortega, Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said.
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Shooting scene: WARNING:GRAPHIC IMAGES
Harrison said detectives linked the shooting to the two earlier incidents, but he declined to elaborate on the possible connection between them.
“We’re processing three different scenes in three parts of the city,” the commissioner said. “While this perpetrator has expired from his injuries, we will still need answers to these questions.”
Police also said Javier Villegas Cotto, a 44-year-old man, died from a shooting in the 4600 block of Eastern Ave., near Greektown and another person was critically injured in another part of town.
“We are working to determine the connectivity, which is a likely connectivity,” Harrison said during a briefing near the barber shop.
The police officer, who was not identified, was not injured, Harrison said.
Mayor Brandon Scott appeared at the briefing with Harrison, thanking the police officer.
”This is something the average person wouldn’t do,” Scott said. “And this is something that our officers do each and every day in the city of Baltimore.”
Nice! The world would be a better place if we could get rid of such animals!
The average person wouldn’t do because you limit them from carrying a weapon to self defend. This would be a very different story if the customer was a regular person.
THis off duty police has saved MD taxpayers Millions of dollars in court expenses & prison upkeep, as well as probably saving countless lives, as this savage no-doubt would soon have been released to commit more murders.
Beautiful still want to DEFUND THE POLICE?
Great job by the off duty police officer.
One less rat around.
This was definitely a real hair-raising incident.
Keep in mind that the customer was a trained police officer who as part of the job has ongoing training and practice at a firing range. With a poorly trained armed civilian there is a greater chance of collateral damage and innocent lives lost.
Seems there were a lot of other people in the room, yet no one screamed? In fact, it seems the bystanders were remarkably calm, and while one might falsely excuse it as “shock”, seems to me they were actually moving around nonchalant.
And five shots straight into the back?