Verified incident record · 2026-03-05

Baltimore dog owner hospitalized after bite; dog later euthanized after police shooting

Baltimore Police said a bitten dog owner was hospitalized and later released; the unrestrained dog then charged an officer, was shot by police and later euthanized.

Moderate (dog owner hospitalized and later released)Pit bull (media-reported)Baltimore, MD

Date2026-03-05 · About 2:58 p.m. EST

Location6500 block of Hartwait Street, southeast Baltimore; public map uses city-level approximate geography only

Victim(s)1 adult dog owner bitten; a responding officer was separately injured by a ricochet during police gunfire

Dogs involved1 dog reported

Injury severityModerate (dog owner hospitalized and later released)

Breed attributionPit bull (media-reported)Baltimore Police did not identify a breed in its official release. The Baltimore Banner described the dog as a pit bull. BiteDB preserves that as media-reported breed attribution and does not infer breed from appearance.

What the record currently shows

Incident summary

Baltimore Police said officers responded to the 6500 block of Hartwait Street for a reported dog bite and found the dog owner injured after being bitten. Police said the unrestrained dog then charged an officer; two officers fired, striking the dog. A responding officer suffered a ricochet gunshot wound to the foot. Both the dog owner and officer were hospitalized and later released. Baltimore City Animal Control removed the dog, which was later euthanized. The department’s Special Investigations Response Team opened an officer-involved shooting investigation.

Legal-status note

Baltimore Police said its Special Investigations Response Team was investigating the officer-involved shooting and activated its critical-incident-recordings policy. No dog-owner charge or dangerous-dog adjudication was established in the reviewed sources.

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Source provenance

Primary record used by BiteDB

Southeast District Officer-Involved Shooting InvestigationPrimary law-enforcement release — Baltimore Police Department · Published 2026-03-06 · Accessed 2026-08-29

Baltimore Police reported that officers responded at about 2:58 p.m. to a dog-bite call, found the bitten owner, then encountered the unrestrained dog charging an officer. Two officers fired; the dog was struck and later euthanized. The owner and an officer wounded by a ricochet were hospitalized and later released.

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Additional sources

Dog shot by Baltimore police, euthanized after biting its ownerLocal television reporting citing Baltimore Police · 2026-03-06
Pit bull euthanized after biting owner, charging Baltimore police and drawing gunfireLocal newspaper reporting; source of media-reported pit-bull breed description · 2026-03-06
Police: Dog euthanized after biting owner, charging at Baltimore police officerLocal radio reporting citing Baltimore Police · 2026-03-09

Data-quality notes

What BiteDB does not infer

Breed is recorded only at the provenance level shown above. Missing injury details, dog history, ownership facts or circumstances remain unknown unless a reliable source establishes them. This record may be updated as police, animal-control, medical, court or follow-up reporting becomes available.