UPDATE: Baltimore City police have confirmed the man as Tyree Moorehead of Baltimore.

PREVIOUS STORY: An officer fatally shot a knife-wielding man Sunday afternoon in West Baltimore, according to Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison.

At approximately 3:39 p.m., officers responded to a call for a man, armed with a knife, assaulting a woman on the ground near the intersection of West Lafayette Avenue and North Fulton Avenue.

As police arrived to the scene, an officer ordered the suspect onto the ground. The armed suspect placed himself on top of the woman.

The officer discharged his firearm at the suspect. The suspect then rolled off of the woman, while still armed with the knife.

Neighbors say they watched the officer fire his gun at least 12 times.

Officers recovered the knife and began providing medical assistance to the suspect.

According to police, the woman was not stabbed by the suspect or shot by police.

The suspect was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Kimberly Love is a Baltimore City resident. She says that this isn't the first shooting to happen in the area. The longtime resident says the violence may force her out of the neighborhood because she can no longer live in fear.

"It's very heartbreaking in these times," said Love. "I don't feel safe, because even if you get out and just run to your car to get your cellphone, you're still walking back checking over, looking."

Police have not released the identity of the suspect, but they have reviewed multiple police body camera and cellphone videos of the incident. Neighbors and multiple people close to the suspect identify him as Tyree Moorehead. He was known in the community for creating "No Shoot Zones" around the City.

"We have seen multiple angles of the incident," said Harrison.

Body camera footage can be viewed by requesting it through the Baltimore Police Department.

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