Woman Faces Decades in Prison For Police-Involved Road Rage Shooting

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A 36-year-old woman is facing up to 70 years in prison for a police-involved road rage shooting that left another woman injured.

On Aug. 27, Teneshia Pollock agreed to an open plea for two counts of first-degree assault and one count of firearm use in a felony or violent crime alongside her defense attorney, Donald Wright. During the proceeding before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Erik S. Atas, counsel decided to schedule the defendant’s sentencing at a later date pending additional drug and mental heath assessments.

Pollock was initially charged with three counts of first-degree assault and firearm use in a felony or violent crime, two counts each of attempted second-degree murder and one count of having a loaded handgun in a vehicle.

The attorneys will resume arguing Pollock’s case on Nov. 5 when the court will review the assessments before moving forward. The defendant could serve anywhere between five years without parole up to 70 years.

On Feb. 17, 2024, the Baltimore Police Department was alerted to Pollock’s erratic behavior around 3:40 p.m. and responded to the 500 block of E. Baltimore Street. According to charging documents, police were interviewing two female victims — one of whom had a graze wound on her hand — when a police-involved shooting was reported one block away on the 400 block of E. Baltimore Street. One of the victims from the initial shooting then saw a dark-colored Ford Fusion stopped in the middle of Baltimore Street and told officers a person said to be the suspect was driving that car.

Police later reported Pollock had shot at an off-duty officer who returned fire; however, neither the suspect nor the officer were struck.

In court documents, the 31-year-old victim who was injured told police that Pollock was “driving aggressively and honking her horn at her” just before the incident. When the victim pulled onto the sidewalk to let the defendant pass, Pollock pulled up alongside the victim’s car and allegedly fired one shot that struck the car and then grazed the victim’s hand.

The second victim told police that Pollock pointed the gun at her “as if telling her to back up.” The victim complied and then left the area.

Pollock was arrested shortly after the shooting.