Methadone Clinic Shooting: Wounded Officer Released From Hospital

BALTIMORE, MD — A police officer shot last week at a Baltimore drug treatment clinic has been released from the hospital, according to reports. Baltimore Police Sgt. Billy Shiflett, who was wounded in a gunfight that killed two and injured one other was released from the hospital Sunday.

Shiflett’s shift was ending July 15 when police received a call after 7 a.m. about an active shooter at Man Alive, a drug treatment clinic in the 2100 block of Maryland Avenue, the Baltimore Sun reported. Shiflett was among the officers who responded to the clinic and were met with gunfire when they entered the building.

The gunman was identified last week as Ashanti Pinkney, 49, who lived on West 20th Street. He was buzzed into the building, which had a secure entrance, before authorities were called. Pinkney went into the clinic with a gun and demanded methadone. He went on to kill David Caldwell, 52, who was working as a phlebotomist for LabCorp at the clinic.

Pinkey died in the gunfight with police. A woman working at the clinic was injured by shrapnel, according to the Associated Press.

Despite attempts by police to deescalate the situation, Pinkney fired at Shiflett, a 25-year veteran of the Baltimore Police Department, who was shot underneath his bulletproof vest. On Tuesday, police released body-worn camera footage of the incident, though the actual gunfire exchange was redacted from the video.

Last week, officials told WBAL that Shifflett and another officer fired a gun in the shootout, and an autopsy would determine which one's bullet killed Pinkney.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.