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The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Office of the Attorney General released body-worn camera video from a police- involved fatal shooting on November 28, 2021. The decedent was identified as Digno Ramon Yorro, Jr. Responding officers had their body-worn cameras activated during the encounter. At approximately 1:30 p.m. on November 28th, a woman called 911 to report that a male family member armed with a knife had chased her from a residence in the 1400 block of Braden Loop in Glen Burnie. Anne Arundel County police responded to the scene and knocked several times on the door to the townhouse with no response. Police then forcibly opened the front door and were met by Yorro who was armed with a knife. Officers ordered Yorro to drop the knife multiple times. When Yorro refused to comply with the officers’ verbal commands to drop the weapon, one officer deployed several bean-bag shotgun rounds and then his Taser, neither of which was effective. Yorro then walked towards the officers still armed with the knife, at which time, Cpl. J. Burger discharged his duty weapon, shooting Yorro multiple times. Yorro was pronounced deceased at the scene. During the subsequent search of the residence, police discovered a deceased woman in the garage who had suffered from trauma. She was identified as Yorro’s mother.

Glendale police released edited body camera footage of an officer involved shooting that took place on Wednesday, November 3, 2021. The incident occurred near the area of 62nd Avenue and Maryland Avenue. Officers were responding to the area on a complaint that there was an individual who was damaging cars in the area. When officers arrived they found a suspect matching the description of the callers. The suspect later was identified as 26-year-old Jose Enriquez Cortez. Cortez jumped in a car to get away from the scene, hitting an officer’s patrol car in the process. Several officers followed Cortez vehicle through the neighborhood attempting to get him to stop. At one point, Cortez jumps out of the car and begins charging and acting erratically towards officers. Officers used a taser to de-escalate the situation, but it was ineffective. Cortez then charged at officers while reaching behind him, it was then that an officer shot Cortez. Despite life-saving measures, Cortez was pronounced dead at a local hospital.