Full Video Of Korryn Gaines traffic stop that led to her getting killed five months later.
A Baltimore County woman who held a shotgun, and at times her 5-year-old son, in her arms, was killed by police after a lengthy standoff that appeared in live online segments she was posting to social media.
Korryn Gaines, 23, was killed Monday and the child was injured after police arrived at her Randallstown home at about 9 a.m. to serve outstanding warrants for her and Kareem Kiean Courtney, 39, who lived in the residence.
Courtney was wanted for assault; Gaines was wanted for failing to appear in court on charges of disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and traffic charges.
Gaines’s son was struck by a bullet or shrapnel in an exchange of gunfire at the end of the five-hour standoff and remained hospitalized in good condition Tuesday, according to authorities. It was not clear where the boy was, in relation to his mother, when she was shot, police said Tuesday.
Baltimore County police shot Korryn Gaines — and a 5-year-old was caught in the crossfire
Korryn Gaines: Mother holding five-year-old son shot dead by police
Baltimore County police killed 23-year-old Korryn Gaines after an hours-long standoff.