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BALTIMORE, MD – Today, Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced his decision not to seek charges in the Tuesday, February 24, 2026 fatal police-involved shooting that occurred in the city of Baltimore, Maryland.
On February 24, 2026, at 6:15 p.m., three detectives with the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) Group Violence Unit (GVU) entered a store in the 3600 block of Belair Road in Baltimore, Maryland. When a man, later identified as Dwight Hawkins, exited the store shortly after the detectives entered, the detectives followed him. Hawkins began to run from the detectives. Detectives Arthur Fuog and Omar Rodriguez gave Hawkins multiple commands to stop and show his hands, but Hawkins did not comply. As Hawkins continued to run, he pulled out a handgun, coming in close proximity to Detective Fuog. Detectives Fuog and Rodriguez fired their service weapons, striking Hawkins. The detectives rendered medical aid until emergency medical services (EMS) arrived on scene. Hawkins was transported to a nearby hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. A handgun was recovered near Hawkins at the scene.
The Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division (IID) began investigating the fatal police-involved shooting on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, and concluded its investigation on June 4, 2026. After completing its investigation and evaluating all the available evidence, the Office of the Attorney General has determined that the subject officers did not commit a crime under Maryland law. Accordingly, the Attorney General has declined to prosecute the subject officers in this case.
A copy of the IID’s detailed investigative findings and analysis of relevant legal issues can be found in its declination report.
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