Pharaoh- KORRYN GAINES
The armed mom killed during a standoff with Baltimore cops was wanted for failing to appear in court on charges stemming from a tense March traffic stop where she insisted officers would have to "murder" her and her boyfriend was wanted for domestic abuse allegations.
Officers trying to serve dual arrest warrants to Korryn Gaines and her beau, 39-year-old Kareem Kiean Courtney, shot and killed the 23-year-old mom after she allegedly threatened to kill the cops, police said.
Courtney"s arrest warrant was issued after he allegedly attacked Gaines in front of their 1-year-old child and Gaines" 5-year-old son from a previous relationship, WBAL-TV reported. Gaines said her boyfriend scratched and slapped her during a June 28 argument, but fled the apartment when she called the cops, according to police reports.
A protective order was never issued to legally keep Gaines and Courtney away from each other, but police did obtain an arrest warrant, that lead them to the couple"s home Monday. He was arrested but later released without bail, police said.
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The cops also tried to carry out a separate arrest warrant for Gaines, who failed to show up to court after she was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest during a tense March 10 traffic stop.
Police said the pulled Gaines" Toyota Camry over because it had cardboard placards where its license plates should have been.
The cardboard "tags" read: "Free Traveler" and "Any Government official who compromises this pursuit of happiness and right to travel will be held criminally responsible and fined, as this is a natural right and freedom."
As the cops walked toward Gaines" car, she recorded video of herself and her son, who was sitting in the back seat. She told the boy the officers were going to "try to fight" her and encouraged him to keep filming if she could not.
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An officer told her she"d be arrested if she didn"t get out of her car when a tow truck came to ferry it away.
"When you put your hands on me, I promise you will have to murder me," she said in one of the videos.
After the officers gave Gaines a citation, she defiantly threw the paperwork out of the window and placed the child on her lap as a barrier between police and herself. The cops then cuffed her from behind and dragged her out of the vehicle kicking and screaming.
When the warrant-toting Baltimore cops arrived at Gaines and Courtney"s Randallstown apartment Monday, they entered to find Gaines sitting on the floor pointing a shotgun at them while holding her 5-year-old son.
The cops retreated and called for negotiators, who tried to talk to Gaines for several hours. During the standoff, Gaines posted videos and text messages to her Facebook page, declaring her son "is not a hostage" and urging her friends to stay away from her apartment complex.
About five hours into the standoff, Gaines pointed her gun directly at an officer and said, "If you don"t leave, I"m going to kill you," police said.
That"s when an officer opened fire and shot Gaines, who fired back. She was hit several times and pronounced dead at the scene. No officers were wounded.
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