Police first arrested Mr. Clark, 25, and charged him with burglary, armed robbery, handgun violations and several other crimes related to two incidents that occurred May 26. According to the report, Mr. Clark robbed a man at gunpoint at a gas station and fled to a home in Reservoir Hill, Md. There, he slit his wrists with box cutters and told police they would “have to kill” him. Officers used a Taser on him and apprehended him. The next day, they brought Mr. Clark to a secure psychological unit at UMMC for treatment.
Officers said they told hospital staff to notify them when Mr. Clark would be discharged so they could come back to arrest him. However, although he was never discharged, Mr. Clark “walked away from the hospital on his own,” according to Baltimore police spokesman T.J. Smith. On June 11, police were called to the 900 block of Pennsylvania Ave. in Baltimore, where they found two individuals had been shot, including Mr. Barnes. The other victim, who survived, is believed to be the intended target. Witnesses later identified Mr. Clark as the shooter.
The next night, officers spotted Mr. Clark and chased after him. Mr. Clark fired at them and eventually surrendered and was rearrested.
Karen Lancaster, a spokeswoman for UMMC, said she was limited in what she could disclose to the media because of patient privacy laws, according to the report.
Mr. Clark now faces first-degree murder charges in Mr. Barnes’ death and attempted first-degree murder in the shooting of the other man, as well as the shooting at police officers, according to the report.
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