Man Who Walked Into Busy Baltimore Courthouse and Shot Himself Was Member of Retired Cop Group: Report

A 35-year-old retired police officer shot himself in the head after walking into a Baltimore courthouse

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A 35-year-old man walked into a Baltimore courthouse and shot himself Friday. Screenshot

A 35-year-old retired police officer shot himself in the head after walking into a Baltimore courthouse.

The man entered the building Friday morning and began having a "behavioral crisis," ABC News reported. The man did not get past security but began pacing back and forth as security personnel attempted to speak with him.

"As he went into the courthouse, it was clear he was suffering from a behavioral crisis," Police Commissioner Richard Worley said at a news conference, according to ABC. "He was walking back and forth. As he entered, the sheriff's deputies and the bailiffs tried to interact with him, and at some point he withdrew a firearm from his body, pointed it at his head."

As the incident unfolded and the man shot himself in the head, a baliff also fired and struck the man in his lower extremities. The man survived the shooting and was taken to a hospital in critical condition, WBAL 11 reported.

The man was a retired police officer and member of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3, The Baltimore Sun reported.

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