His family readily admits 37-year-old Dwight Hawkins was once a drug dealer.But they say the father of three was a changed man, holding down a job in recent years, occasionally walking to the neighborhood bar for a drink, which ultimately landed him in the crosshairs of police on Tuesday.“As soon as he hit the corner to go to the bar, the police pulled over, hopped out of the car,” said Chante Fenner, the victim’s cousin, “As soon as he walked in, he turned around (and) walked out, and they asked him, ‘Hey, you ain’t getting nothing? Why you leaving out the store? ’He said, ‘I’m good,’ and kept walking.”
Family critical of fatal police-involved shooting
Family critical of fatal police-involved shooting
Why police later said they believed he was armed remains under investigation, but they weren’t about to let him walk away, and then he took off running.
“At one point, he pulled his hands out. He had a handgun in his hands. In his right hand,” said Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley, “He continued running with the gun in his hands. As the individual continued running, officers pulled out their weapons.He ran almost face-to-face with a second officer at which time he was shot.”Home surveillance video captured the moment Hawkins fled until the officers opened fire, which from start to finish only took about 10 seconds…