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WEBVTT BALTIMORE POLICE OFFICER ZACHARYWEIN ENDED FRIDAY'S HOSTAGESITUATION, WHEN HE WAS GIVEN ASHOOT TO KILL ORDER BY HISSUPERVISOR.I WANT YOU TO WALK IN THERE ANDKILL THIS GUY, THE SUPERVISORSAID.HE IS HIGHLY AGITATED, HAS AKNIFE AT THE KIDS' THROATS.THERE'S NO NEED FOR LESS LETHAL.THAT COMMAND CAME AFTER A TENSE30 MINUTE NEGOTIATION BETWEENPOLICE AND 39-YEAR-OLD RENOOWENS.IN THE BODY CAMERA VIDEO SHOWNTO MEDIA, OWENS IS SEEN SITTINGON A BED, HOLDING THE 2CHILDREN, AGES 1 AND 4 ON HILAP.A 12 INCH KNIFE CAN BE SEEN INHIS HAND.OWENS IS HEARD DEMANDING THECHILDREN'S FATHER BE BROUGHT TOHIM.GO GET THE FATHER NOW.YOUR DAUGHTER IS GONE, CUZ.WITH THE CHILDREN SCREAMING ANDCALLING FOR THEIR FATHER, OWENSSINGS ROCK A BYE BABY, THENSAYS -- YOU HAD TO ROCK THECRADLE CUZ, AIN'T GONNA BE NOTOMORROW.OFFICER WEIN IS SEEN CLIMBINGTHE STAIRS AND AIMING THE RIFLE.WE JUST WANT TO TALK TO YOU, OK?WE DON'T WANT TO HURT ANYBODYOWENS RESPONDS, I'D RATHER GOOUT LIKE THIS.AN INSTANT LATER, WEIN FIRES ASINGLE SHOT.OWENS WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD ANDKILLEDTHE CHILDREN WERE RESCUEDUNHARMED.THE VIDEO DOES NOT SHOW WHATOWENS DID AT THE TIME THE SHOTWAS FIRED.THE POLICE COMMISSIONERCOMMENDED THE OFFICERS' HANDLINGOF INCIDENAND DEFENDED THE DECISION TO NOTMAKE THE VIDEO AVAILABLE TO THEPUBLIC.>> WE DID NOT WANT TO CREATE AMEDIA OR VIDEO FOOTPRINT THEWOULD BE EXPOSED TOINTENTIONALLY, ORUNINTENTIONALLY THAT WOULDFURTHER TRAUMATIZE THEM AS THEYGO ON AND LIVE THEIR LIVES.REPORTER: THE VIDEO SHOWS THECHILDREN'S MOTHER FRANTICALGETTING A KEY TO GET BACK INTOTHE HOUSE AS THE INCIDENT START.SHE TOLD THEM OWENS SEEMED TO BEON SOME TYPE OF DRUG, SAYING,

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Baltimore police allowed the media to see police body camera video of the fatal shooting of a hostage suspect. Download the WBAL app Only a portion of the video is being released publicly Tuesday. Police defended their decision not to make the entire video public, saying they don't want to further traumatize the two children who police said were held at knifepoint by Reno Owens Jr. on Friday. WBAL-TV 11 News I-Team lead investigative reporter Jayne Miller and I-Team reporter Barry Simms watched the video Tuesday afternoon. In the video, Baltimore police Officer Zachary Wein ended Friday's hostage situation when he was given a shoot-to-kill order by his supervisor: "I want you to walk in there and kill this guy. He is highly agitated, has a knife at the kids' throats. There's no need for less lethal." The command came after a tense 30-minute negotiation between police and Owens, 39. In the body camera video shown to the media, Owens is seen sitting on a bed holding the two children, ages 1 and 4, on his lap. A 12-inch knife can be seen in his hand. Owens is heard demanding the children's father be brought to him: "Go get the father now! Your daughter is gone, cuz." With the children screaming and calling for their father, Owens sings, "Rock a Bye Baby," before saying, "You had to rock the cradle, cuz. Ain't gonna be no tomorrow." Wein is seen climbing the stairs and aiming a rifle. Police say: "We just want to talk to you, OK? We don't want to hurt anybody." Owens responded: "I'd rather go out like this." An instant later, Wein fired a single shot, striking Owens in the head, killing him. The children were rescued unharmed. The video does not show what Owens did at the time the shot was fired. Police Commissioner Kevin Davis commended the officers' handling of incident and defended the decision to not make the video available to the public, saying, "We didn't want to create a media or a video footprint that they would be exposed to intentionally, maybe, or unintentionally, probably, that would further traumatize them as they go on and live their lives." The video shows the children's mother frantically getting a key to let the police into the house when the incident started. She told them that Owens seemed to be on some type of drug, saying, "His mind is somewhere else." Hostage negotiators were called the scene Friday, but did not arrive before the shooting. The commissioner said there was no time to wait.