'Baltimore will never forget Officer Holley's sacrifice and commitment to making a difference in her beloved city,' he said. The mayor, Brandon Scott, paid tribute to Holley. 'She left out of that house every day and dug her feet into the dirt to serve this city,' Sykes said. The community needs Baltimore City police officers that's not just here for a paycheck. 'We have to change that, and change it together.
I feel like Baltimore City police officers have a bad name about themselves,' Holley said. 'I didn't want to be a Baltimore police officer before. Holley, while in police academy, explained her reasons for joining the force, after a job in a state psychiatric facility. Knox told police that Shaw carried out both shootings.īut detectives wrote in charging documents obtained by The Baltimore Sun that shell casings from two different types of firearms were used, and that video showed both men approaching the area where Holley was shot.Īt least seven people have been killed in Baltimore since Holley and Johnson were shot. Knox said that Johnson had been killed because he owed money to Travon Shaw. Holley is the first officer to be shot in the line of duty in Baltimore since 2017 It's unclear why they allegedly killed Holley too Officers are seen responding to the scene in the Curtis Bay area of Baltimore on December 16, where Holley was ambushedĪfter Holley's shooting, police allege the two men went to a southwest Baltimore neighborhood about 10 miles away and shot and killed 38-year-old Justin Johnson. Keona Holley, who joined the Baltimore police force two years ago, died on Friday after her family decided to switch her life support machine off Elliott Knox, 31, has been arrested and charged with the killing of Holley and Justin Johnson Travon Shaw, 32, wanted Johnson dead because he owed him money, Knox said. Two men - Elliot Knox, 31, and Travon Shaw, 32 - have been arrested and charged in her shooting, and a second shooting soon afterward that left a man dead.
The Baltimore Police Department said on Thursday that her health had been deteriorating in recent days and the family made the difficult decision to end life support. She died shortly thereafter.
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