BALTIMORE (WBFF) - FOX45 News uncovers the facts you've not been told about a police involved shooting that happened in Baltimore City last month.
On July 1, Ricky Walker Jr., came face to face with police in the basement of his in-law’s rowhome.
As Walker stood cornered by officers, he became agitated.
At one point, Walker pulls out a weapon and points it at police. Naturally, police reacted.
Days after that police-involved shooting, detectives charged Walker with assault and use of a firearm in the commission of a crime.
Police recovered weapons at the home. Ten days earlier, officers encountered the same weapons when Walker was seen naked and armed on the street.
For roughly 20 minutes, medics waited outside as police inside tried to persuade Walker to go upstairs.
This week, Marilyn Mosby's word choice suggested the officers went rogue in the charging the case.
It’s a case that may not have ended the way it did had police officers filed for an extreme risk protective order.
The last time Walker appeared this agitated was about ten days earlier when Walker was nude, running up and down his in-laws' neighborhood streets.
As it appears right now, the Baltimore Police Department did not utilize the Maryland Red Flag law that aims to keep firearms out of the hands of an unstable people.
Since Maryland’s Red Flag took effect in October 2018, no other jurisdiction has requested more extreme risk protective orders than Anne Arundel County with 321.
At the end of July, Baltimore County had recorded about 269.
Baltimore City, meanwhile, had requested just 73.
Walker was charged with assault and use of a firearm in commission of a violent crime.
Sources close to the investigation tell FOX45 that the City State's Attorney's Office had been consulted and knew the charges were coming.
Just this week, as charges were being dropped against Walker, the Baltimore City State’s Attorney issued a statement that said in part:
"The charges against Mr. Walker were filed by the Baltimore Police Department without consultation with our office."
The BPD wrote in an email: "...We do consult with the state’s attorneys’ office on many cases prior to filing charges..."
While charges against Walker have been dismissed, the officers who injured Walker have yet to learn their fate.
Marilyn Mosby's office has yet to determine whether the shooting was justified.
It's a shooting that our investigation found could have been avoided, if officers who encountered Walker shooting at cars had followed Maryland's Red Flag Law.
Under Maryland's Red Flag Law, a member of law enforcement can request from a judge an "extreme-risk" protective order.
“That individual exhibited behavior that would indicate he was not someone who should be in possession," said Elizabeth Banach, executive director of Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence.
“There was clear evidence that this individual exhibited behavior that would indicate he was not someone who should be in possession of a gun. That would be a clear indication that the police would have at least the responsibility to pursue that.”
In Walker's in-laws' home, police say they found registered and unregistered firearms.
FOX45 is told Walker remains in the hospital.
Although charges against him have been dismissed, the City State's Attorney's Office still has the authority to refile those charges should it choose to.
As for Walker’s weapons, they remain with police.