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WEBVTT >> HE WAS VERY LOVABLE, HE LOVED HIS FAMILY. KAI: KIRK COUSINS WAS SHOT SEVERAL TIMES AS HE WALKED UP TO HIS HOUSE MONDAY NIGHT. AROUND THAT SAME TIME, POLICE SAY AN OFFICER WAS DISPATCHED TO THE AREA OR REPORTS OF SHOTS FIRED IN ACCORDING TO THE POLICE SPOKESMAN SOME OF THE OFFICER WAS GIVEN THE CORRECT :00, BUT ENDED UP GOING TO THE WRONG BLOCK THE 15 HUNDRED BLOCK OF , STONEWOOD, AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF A SHOOTING. 6 HOURS LATER. AFTER ANOTHER 911 CALL. BALTIMORE CITY FIRE PARAMEDICS FOUND HAROLD BLANDON’S BODY LYING OUTSIDE HIS HOUSE. POLICE SPOKESMAN, MATT JABLOW, SAYS IT APPEARED THAT BLANDON HAD BEEN DEAD FOR HOURS. AND NOW THE OFFICERS RESPONSE IS THE FOCUS OF A DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATION, HE SAYS THEY’RE LOOKING INTO WHY THE OFFICER WENT TO THE WRONG BLOCK. AND IF HE EVER GOT OUT OF HIS PATROL CAR TO LOOK FOR VICTIMS, OR OTHER EVIDENCE, WHEN HE WAS SENT TO INVESTIGATE. ACCORDING TO JABLOW, THE OFFICER LOOKED DOWN ALLEYS, AND SPOKE TO 2 RESIDENTS WHILE HE WAS ON THE WRONG BLOCK. HE SAYS BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE WILL BE PART OF THE INVESTIGATION. >> I REALLY CAN’T COMMENT ON THAT. KAI: CHANTE SAYS HER FAMILY IS STILL TRYING TO GATHER DETAILS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. THEIR FOCUS IS ON SAYING GOOD-BYE TO THE FATHER AND GRANDFATHER WHO LOVED TO BOWL AND LAUGH. AND FINDING THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE. >> WHOEVER DID IT I JUST HOPE THAT THEY WOULD COME FORTH BECAUSE IT’S VERY DEVASTATING TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AND EVERYONE WHO TRULY LOVED HIM. KAI: IT’S NOT CLEAR WHAT DISCIPLINARY ACTION THE OFFICER MIGHT FACE, PENDING THE INVESTIGATION. IS THAT ON THE FORCE SINCE 201

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The Baltimore Police Department is looking into whether a homicide victim was delayed medical attention because an officer went to the wrong address while investigating reports of a shooting Monday night in northeast Baltimore. The man was found dead on his front steps six hours after the initial call.Harold Blandon was 41 years old. Family members said he was shot multiple times as he returned home from work on the 1600 block of Stonewood Road."He was a very lovable person. Loved his family. Enjoyed hanging out," said Chante Brown, the victim's cousin.Baltimore police say an officer was dispatched to the area where the victim lived Monday night for reports of shots fired. According to police spokesman Matt Jablow, the officer was told the correct block, the 1600 block of Stonewood Road, but ended up going to the wrong block, the 1500 block of Stonewood Road, where the officer found no evidence of a shooting.Six hours later, after another 911 call, Baltimore City Fire paramedics found Blandon's body lying outside his house.Jablow said it appeared that Blandon had been dead for hours, and now the officer's response is the focus of a department investigation.Jablow said the department is looking into why the officer went to the wrong block and if he ever got out of his patrol car to look for victims or other evidence when he was sent to investigate.According to Jablow, the officer looked down alleys and spoke to two residents while he was on the wrong block. He said body camera footage will be part of the investigation.Brown said her family is still trying to gather details about what happened. Their focus is on saying goodbye to the father and grandfather who loved to bowl and laugh, and finding the person responsible for his murder."Whoever did it, I just hope that they would come forward because it's very devastating to the family and friends and everyone who truly loved him," Brown said.The officer has been on the force since 2017.It's not clear what disciplinary action the officer might face. The investigation is ongoing.