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SUBWAY STATION EARLIER IN THE DAY. PATRONS OF THE HUNT VALLEY TOW CENTER SAY THEY SAW JAMAAL TAYLOR FREQUENTLY. >> JUST COMING HERE FOR LUNCH FROM TIME TO TIME. HE’S ALWAYS UP HERE PANHANDLING AND THEY DON’T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT TO KEEP HIM OUT OF HERE. KIM: POLICE SAY SATURDAY AFTERNOON HE WAS AT THE HUNT VALLEY LIQUOR STORE, WHERE HE ASSAULTED TWO EMPLOYEES, THEN STABBED A THIRD PERSON BEFORE RUNNING OUT OF THE STORE AND STABBING TWO MORE PEOPLE. IT WAS SCARY. HE WAS KIND OF CRAZED, HE HAD A CRAZED LOOK AND THEY WERE RUNNING ALL OVER THE PLACE. WE HAD SAW A GENTLEMAN COME UP AND HE CLEARLY WAS STABBED, SO HE HAD HIS SHIRT UP AND HE HAD BLOOD ON HIS ABDOMEN. KIM: POLICE CAUGHT UP WITH TAYLOR AT THE INTERSECTION OF SHAWAN AND MCCORMICK ROADS WHERE THEY SHOT AND KILLED HIM. POLICE SAY HE WAS A THREAT TO PEOPLE STUCK IN THEIR CARS. POLICE HAD SHUT DOWN THE ROAD. >> THIS MAN, HE STARTED TO WALK TOWARD SEVERAL CARS THAT WERE THE AREA, OCCUPIED CAR THERE WERE PEOPLE INSIDE THE CARS. AT THAT POINT THE SITUATION COULD’VE ESCALATED TO WHERE THIS SUSPECT PULLED SOMEBODY IN A CAR, ASSAULTED SOMEBODY IN A CAR. KIM: POLICE CONFIRM TWO OFFICERS FIRED AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF SHOTS. THEY’RE BOTH ON ROUTINE ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. >> THERE WERE MEMBERS FROM THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM THA WERE PRESENT THERE. ALL THE OFFICERS THERE WERE ATTEMPTING TO TALK TO THE SUSPECT. THEY KEPT TELLING THE SUSPECT DROP THE KNIFE, WHAT’S GOING ON, WHAT’S YOUR NAME, TRYING TO TALK WITH HIM. KIM: ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS, TAYLOR HAS A CRIMINAL HISTOR INCLUDING BURGLARY AND ASSAULT. HE WAS ON PROBATION FOR TRYING TO TASE SOMEONE AT THE HORSHOE CASINO LAST YEAR. PEOPLE IN HUNT VALLEY SAY SOMETHING LIKE THIS CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE, AND IT’S A WAKE UP CALL. >> I THINK IT’S JUST GOING TO AN AWARENESS EVERYWHERE. YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHE YOU’RE GOING TO YOUR CAR, YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU’RE GETTING OUT OF YOUR CAR. KIM: POLICE ARE REVIEWING SURVEILLANCE AND BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE AND SAY THEY WILL TU EVERYTHING OVER TO THE STATE’S ATTORNEY TO DETERMINE IF THE SHOOTING WAS JUSTIFI

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Baltimore County police are releasing new details Monday regarding their investigation into that mass stabbing at the Hunt Valley Towne Center on Saturday.Five people were injured, three of them stabbed, at the Hunt Valley Town Center Saturday. And the MTA police are looking into whether Taylor was involved in a cutting at a subway station earlier in the day.Officers shot and killed Taylor not far from the crime scene.Patrons of the Hunt Valley Town Center said they saw Taylor frequently. "Just coming here for lunch from time to time, he's always up here panhandling. They don't do anything about it to keep him out of here," patron Josh Root said."It was scary. So, he was kind of crazed. He had a crazed look and they were running all over the place," Jen Harrold, manager of Chico's, said.Harrold witnessed the aftermath of an attack at the Hunt Valley Liquor Store next door. Police said Taylor assaulted two employees and stabbed a third person before running out of the store and stabbing two other people in the shopping center. "We had saw a gentleman come up and he clearly was stabbed, so he had his shirt up and he had blood on his abdomen. There was a fire engine that was already in the middle here and he was walking up toward the fire engine," Harrold said. Police caught up with Taylor at the intersection of Shawan and McCormick roads where they shot and killed him. Police said he was a threat to people stuck in their cars as police shut down the road. "This man, he started to walk toward several cars that were in the area occupied cars. At that point, the situation could've escalated to where this suspect pulled somebody in a car assaulted somebody in a car," Cpl. Shawn Vinson, of the Baltimore County Police Department, said. Police confirm two officers fired an unknown number of shots. They're both on routine administrative leave. Their mobile crisis team was on the scene and officers tried to de-escalate the situation before the shooting."There were members from the crisis intervention team that were present there. All the officers there were attempting to talk to the suspect. They kept telling the suspect, 'Drop the knife. What's going on? What's your name?' Trying to talk with him," Vinson said.Businesses at Hunt Valley Towne Center said the incident Is a wake up call to make sure their security is up to snuff. "Hopefully, this will heighten security and we need to be safe here. Our employees that work here, but then also our customers as well to feel like this is a safe place to shop and to work," Harrold said. "I think it's just going to be an awareness everywhere. You have to be careful when you're going to your car. You have to be careful when you're getting out of your car." Police are reviewing surveillance and body camera footage and said they will turn everything over to the state's attorney to make the determination about whether the shooting was justified. Baltimore County Police Chief Melissa Hyatt released a statement: "On Saturday afternoon, on a mild fall day at the busy Hunt Valley Towne Centre, a man, armed with a knife, began randomly attacking shoppers. Fortunately, there was a quick response from members of the Baltimore County Police Department who were able to quickly stop the threat. Further, members of the Baltimore County Fire Department rapidly rendered aid to victims. I hope for a speedy recovery for the victims of this brazen attack.Our officers used the force that they believed necessary, under the circumstances, to protect the citizens of Baltimore County. Any loss of life is unfortunate and tragic, and we recognize the trauma associated with this situation.While we continue to review the circumstances that led to this situation, I want to again express my gratitude to the men and women of this Department who acted swiftly and courageously to bring a quick resolution to this unpredictable incident. We are appreciative of our local, state, and federal partners for their outreach and assistance during and following this incident."