Welfare check to gunfight eight minutes in baltimore

This bodycam footage, coming from Baltimore, Maryland, shows a police officer conducting a welfare check which rapidly escalates to an officer-involved shooting, inside eight minutes. Due to the nature of the violence and the visible aid rendered, viewer discretion is advised. At the beginning of the footage, we see Baltimore County Police Officer Michael Brady attempting to conduct a welfare check on the subject, later identified as Glenn Pettie, 43 years of age. Posting another officer at the front door, Brady calls the complainant before going to an alley at the back of the dwelling at her request. As he comes around back, Ofc. Brady makes visual contact with Pettie, by the back door. Pettie fires a handgun. before fleeing back into the house, resulting in a tense situation as a bystander (presumably the complainant) tries to get out of the line of fire. At 04:19, Pettie re-emerges to fire at Ofc. Brady. Brady returns fire, getting low and using a nearby red car as cover. Shockingly, there's someone in the vehicle. Despite the chaos, Brady remains amazingly calm, instructing the driver to get out of the vehicle while exchanging fire with Pettie and making radio updates. At 05:30, Brady arrests Pettie, who has been visibly wounded in the exchange of gunfire. Again, Brady refuses to lose his composure, referring to the suspect as "sir" and ordering him to get on the ground. His backup officer, who apparently took an entire gunfight to get around the building, helps Brady cuff Pettie. It's only when he inspects the wounds on Pettie that Brady slightly cracks, letting out an audible and well-deserved "holy shit." His partner gets a medical kit and proceeds to do nothing with it, although in her defense, local Fire and EMS arrives moments later. Despite their more competent aid, Glenn Pettie passed away after being transported to an area hospital. A loaded handgun was found on-scene. Miraculously, no bystanders or officers were injured.

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