Inset: Rashard Mack (Baltimore Detention Center). Background: The apartment complex where Mack allegedly killed his ex-girlfriend (WBAL).
A 23-year-old man in Maryland has been arrested for allegedly killing his ex-girlfriend, fatally stabbing her at a residence in Baltimore over the weekend just a day after she texted friends that he left her in fear for her life.
Rashard Mack was taken into custody on Saturday and charged with one count of first-degree murder in the slaying of 22-year-old Taejhiana Walker, authorities announced. According to a news release from the Baltimore Police Department, officers at about 1 p.m. on Saturday responded to a report of a domestic disturbance at a residence located in the 8300 block on Nunley Drive regarding a reported domestic disturbance.
After arriving at the scene, first responders said they entered the residence and located two adults — one of whom was later identified as Walker — suffering from what appeared to be stab wounds. Walker was pronounced dead at the scene while the other victim — who police identified as Mack — was transported to a local hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
Upon Mack’s release from the hospital, detectives placed him under arrest and charged him with Walker’s murder.
Court documents obtained by Baltimore NBC affiliate WBAL provided additional details about the circumstances of Walker’s death.
According to the report, when police first reached the residence, Mack was found “seated in the living room of the apartment in a metal folding chair. A broken knife blade with blood on it was observed on the floor next to him.”
Initially, Mack reportedly told police that Walker was his girlfriend and that she tried to kill him, claiming she “was swinging a knife” at him, so he “grabbed her hand and tried to stop her.”
“[T]he victim retrieved a kitchen knife from her nightstand and stabbed him in the abdomen,” police reportedly wrote in a probable cause affidavit transcribing Mack’s version of events. “He grabbed the knife while it was in her hand and broke the blade off as he attempted to keep her from stabbing him. He then wrestled her onto the bed and then to the floor, and stated the victim picked up the knife blade and stabbed him in the leg. Mack then stated he grabbed a pair of scissors and had to stab her a few more times.”
However, after a preliminary investigation, authorities say evidence led them to believe that Mack attacked Walker while she was on the bed and that his own wounds were self-inflicted.
Police spoke to Walker’s roommate, who told them Walker and Mack met through Instagram in the summer of 2024 and the two started dating, Baltimore ABC affiliate WMAR reported. But earlier this year, Walker stopped taking Mack’s calls. Mack grew more frustrated, and reportedly even began calling Walker’s roommates to reach her.
The day before Walker was fatally stabbed, Mack allegedly waited inside her car for hours to speak to her. Later that night, she reportedly sent a family member an ominous text message:
“If I end up dead, his name is Rashard Mack,” the message reportedly read.
Mack is currently being held in the Baltimore County Detention Center without bond.
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