An off-duty Baltimore police officer shot and killed a man in a barber shop on Saturday after the man had fatally shot an employee of the shop, the Baltimore police said.

       The incident occurred about 3 p.m. in a barber shop in the 5700 block of O’Donnell Street, the police said. The officer was in the shop at the time, the police said.

       Wp Get the full experience.Choose your plan ArrowRight

       Before killing the barber shop employee, the man shot by the officer had apparently shot two other people in Baltimore, one of them fatally, the police said.

       Preliminary investigation indicated that the store gunman had killed someone in the 4600 block of Eastern Avenue, and shot someone in the 5000 block of East Oliver Street, the police said.

       No names were available immediately.