On the evening of February 24, 2026, 37-year-old Dwight Hawkins died in Baltimore after a confrontation with police in the 3600 block of Belair Road, inside a liquor store in the Belair-Edison neighborhood. Officers from the Baltimore Police Department’s Group Violence Unit encountered Hawkins around 6:15 p.m., and a foot chase followed when he left the store. Two officers, Arthur Fuog (six-year veteran) and Omar Rodriguez (seven-year veteran), fired their weapons; Hawkins was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. Police reported recovering a handgun near him and said Hawkins was legally prohibited from possessing a firearm because of prior charges.

Hawkins’s family disputes the police account, saying he was targeted for his criminal history, insisting he was not a threat, and asserting he did not point a gun at officers. They said he had turned his life around for his three children, moved to Hagerstown, and worked at a downtown Baltimore hotel. Body-camera footage released February 28, 2026, shows officers following Hawkins out of the store, the chase, and Hawkins pulling a handgun before being shot. Both officers were placed on paid administrative leave and the Maryland Attorney General’s Office opened an investigation.

Was anyone in the Belair-Edison area that evening able to see or record what happened in or around the store?