Police killings
2013-2020

Bernard Lofton

Male, Black

Date of the incident: 2/15/2014

Baltimore, Baltimore City, MD
1800 Spence St.

Two officers walked into a southwest Baltimore home to investigate a report of a burglary and found two men inside wearing clothing bearing the word "police." One of the men was armed with a handgun, police said, and two officers fatally shot him after he did not follow orders to drop his weapon. The man who was killed was identified as Bernard Lofton, 22, of Parkville.