A LITTLE EXCITEMENT AT THE METHADONE CLINIC

LEO Remains Hospitalized After Baltimore Clinic Shooting

LAPPL News Watch
July 17, 2019

Police say a sergeant who was shot during an incident at a Baltimore methadone clinic that left two people dead remains hospitalized.

Baltimore police said in a statement Tuesday that 48-year-old Billy Shiflett is still being treated for a gunshot wound in his lower abdomen. Shiflett had responded to a clinic where police say a man had demanded methadone before opening fire on Monday morning .

The man shot Shiflett before he was fatally wounded by police. Police identified the shooter as 49-year old Ashanti Pinkney of Baltimore.

They also released the name of a clinic employee who was fatally shot. He was 52-year old David Caldwell of Baltimore.

A 41-year-old woman who worked at the clinic was also injured. She was released from the hospital on Monday night.