In the late hours of a September night in 1992, 28-year-old Baltimore City Police Department officer Ira Neil Weiner responded to a domestic disturbance on West Mulberry Street. A four-year veteran, he was attacked by a man reported to be under the influence of cocaine and stabbed 31 times with an ice pick. The assailant then grabbed Officer Weiner’s service weapon and shot him in the head.

Other officers arriving at the scene exchanged gunfire with the same man, who was shot multiple times and died at the scene. Officer Weiner was taken to a hospital, placed on life support, and died two days later on September 21, 1992; his organs were donated. The suspect was identified as Lewis Thomas; because the suspect died at the scene, there were no arrests or criminal proceedings in Weiner’s killing.

Does anyone who lived near West Mulberry Street in 1992 or who worked in the department at that time have memories or information to share about the incident?