Jessica Anderson

A day after eight people were shot in Baltimore, including seven in a single incident, top officials condemned the continuing gun violence, saying it further strains resources at a time when the coronavirus is upending daily life.

Officer Alexia Davis, a 22-year-old just months out of the academy, arrived first. She drew her Glock .22 pistol and pushed open the door of the brick rowhome on East 28th Street, near Clifton Park. after contractors found the front door kicked in and called 911.“Baltimore City Police," she called out while stepping inside.

Baltimore Police are ordering additional personal protective equipment for officers to use while responding to calls potentially involving individuals with the coronavirus.

Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison welcomed 32 new recruits to their first day of their 30 weeks of officer training at the new academy building Monday morning.

The Baltimore Police Department reported 29,042 arrests in 2017, 25,563 in 2018 and 24,826 in 2019.

A Baltimore County Police officer is still recovering after an apparent friendly fire shooting last month that left one man dead and a second officer injured, an incident that city and county officials have refused to provide additional details about nearly three weeks later.

Two Baltimore Police officers were charged after hitting a parked car and fleeing the scene in Parkville early Sunday morning, Baltimore County Police said Monday

Baltimore police and prosecutors announced on Thursday charges against 20 alleged gang members who distributed fentanyl and other drugs in East Baltimore.

A Baltimore Police Civilian Review Board member said Monday that she is resigning, citing the panel’s lack of independence and frustrations that the panel did not receive full and timely police misconduct reports

A man who was shot in the head in Pigtown on Saturday morning died Sunday, Baltimore Police said.

A Baltimore County police officer shot last week while trying to arrest a fugitive charged with attempted murder in Pennsylvania last week has been released from Maryland Shock Trauma.

Baltimore Police said Friday they recovered a fully-loaded gun from the man fatally shot Wednesday as officers attempted to him for an attempted shooting in Pennsylvania.

The local officers were attempting to arrest Michael Marullo in Baltimore where he fled after he fired shots at the grandfather of his 2-year-old twins, according to court documents.

Two police officers assigned to federal task forces, one from Baltimore City and one from Baltimore County, were shot in Northeast Baltimore on Wednesday, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogans office confirmed.

Baltimore Ceasefire organizer Erricka Bridgeford said the weekend was difficult after three people were killed and four others were injured in shootings Friday and early Saturday.

Three more people were shot overnight Friday into Saturday after three men were killed and a woman were injured in shootings earlier Friday, Baltimore police said.

Police have an arrest warrant for Calvin Matthews Stevens, Commissioner Michael Harrison and Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young announced at a news conference Friday.

A Baltimore Police officer is being investigated for an incident involving middle school students Thursday during a program organized by the local Outward Bound, a non-profit educational organization.

A Baltimore Sun analysis of every hour of overtime paid over the past two fiscal years shows for the first time the outsize workloads logged by individual officers, often with little oversight from supervisors. But police insist things are improving.

Davis, 25, was “battering his former girlfriend” whom he also shares a child with, during the game Saturday, according to the Coral Gables Police Department.

A Baltimore Circuit judge on Tuesday sentenced Willard Turner to life plus 80 years in prison for the 2018 death of South Baltimore woman Tiffany Jones, whose body was found inside a burning house.

A 15-year-old boy and two men were injured in a midday shooting Monday afternoon in the Millhill neighborhood in Southwest Baltimore, city police said.

Connecting evidence obtained from different crimes scenes to determine if the same gun was used at each has typically taken months to process. But now, thanks to a new program, Baltimore Police will soon be able to match and test that evidence in just days.

Baltimore Police Department spokesman Matt Jablow is leaving the department and will join a local public relations firm run by former Mayor Catherine Pugh’s communication consultant.

Two teens were arrested Thursday afternoon after police said an officer was struck while trying to break up a fight involving a group of young people in Northeast Baltimore.

Police officers assigned to Baltimore's homeless outreach team have been transferred to the crisis response team.

The judge enforcing the Baltimore Police consent decree pushed back Wednesday against recent criticism of the federally mandated reforms, saying it is imperative for officers to “lean in” to the process as training increases in the coming year.

The Baltimore Police Department’s critical shortage of officers continues to slow internal affairs investigations, contributes to low morale and is delaying many of the reforms required under a federal consent decree reached nearly three years ago, a recent report says.

City officials on Saturday condemned a viral video that captured a Baltimore Police sergeant being kicked by onlookers as he struggled to restrain a male on the ground Friday night.

A 73-year-old woman injured in a midday exchange of gunfire in Southwest Baltimore earlier this month died Saturday, city police said.

An FBI arrest affidavit accuses three men, two from Maryland, of being white supremacists who possessed a machine gun and smuggled a like-minded colleague into the country from Canada.

Two men were killed in separate, brazen daytime shootings Wednesday afternoon, including one outside of Royal Farms Arena in the heart of downtown Baltimore, police said.

Deric Strickland was getting gas Saturday night when he heard a single gunshot. He didn’t think much of the gunfire in a city where more than 300 people are killed each year, and hundreds more are shot.

Baltimore City Police Commissioner Michael Harrison on Friday announced the arrest of a 16 year old who is charged with killing two people in November.

Carmen Rodriguez, 35, was shot three days before Christmas at the at the Kim Deli & Grocery where she works.

Since July, the southwestern area of Baltimore has experienced more then 30 fires. Only six have been ruled arson, and fire officials are urging people not to rush to judgment. But that hasn’t quelled the fear among members of the community

The Baltimore fire department is investigating whether the fires were connected and what caused them, spokeswoman Blair Adams said.

Definitions of mass shootings vary, but by one count Baltimore suffered 18 of them last year, more than in any recent year.

Baltimore Police said two men, both 42 years old, were injured in two separate shootings Wednesday.

Blood stained the front steps of a home on New Year’s Eve in North Baltimore, where three people were killed and another was injured.

The union leadership’s comments come a day after Police Commissioner Michael Harrison and Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young held a news conference at City Hall where they discussed recent and future efforts to address the city relentless violence as the city reached 344 homicides.

As Baltimore struggles with record-breaking violence, Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said the department will focus on arresting more killers and clearing more homicide cases,

Baltimore residents should start to see the Police Department’s consent decree reforms on the street for the first time in 2020, but many key initiatives are delayed as well.

With eight days remaining this year, Baltimore’s unrelenting pace of killings and rapid population decline has set a new record for killings per capita.

A Pennsylvania man is charged in series of carjackings and vehicle crashes on Interstate 83 in Baltimore County and city last week, Maryland State Police said.

Their gestures are big and small: designing posters, washing the streets, and the tending to the bodies. They are an invisible army, working quietly in a murderous city, doing what they can.

After a particularly violent day in Baltimore, Police Commissioner Michael Harrison held a news conference to announce 118 arrests of individuals wanted for various charges, including attempted murder and other offenses.

Baltimore has agreed to pay $45,000 to a woman who alleged she was illegally stopped and physically injured by city police officers in 2015.

Baltimore city and Baltimore County officials will receive $4.6 million in federal funding that will help identify owners of guns used in violent crimes, provide services to children affected by the opioid crisis, fund police body worn cameras, and a slate of others criminal justice needs.

Baltimore Circuit judges will hear both civil and criminal cases beginning next month in an effort to “promote efficiency” — a change that will impact the already stretched resources of the city sheriff’s office that provides courtroom security, officials say.