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Local officials and residents lauded the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for killing George Floyd, while saying much more needs to be done.
- The family of a 28-year-old man killed by a woman fleeing police in a stolen car has sued the Baltimore Police Department, alleging the agency’s policy on pursuits gives officers too much discretion that supervisors fail to rein in.
- Lt. Col. Ernest Leatherbury Jr., 55, a retired Maryland State Police commander, was second in command at the agency responsible for enforcing conservation and boating safety laws.
- Three months after the murder of Ken Gerstley, his widow and police are offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of his killer.
- Baltimore police are investigating an early Monday morning shooting that led to the death of a 27-year-old woman following a violent weekend in the city, officials said. Later in the day, two people including a 17-year-old were injured in a separate shooting.
- Baltimore police are engaged in training to help them intervene when fellow officers cross the line into dangerous behavior when dealing with the public. It is in response to a federal consent decree and comes amid growing anger over deaths of George Floyd and other unarmed people, mostly minorities, at the hands of police.
- A man was stabbed to death late Sunday night, continuing a weekend of violence in Baltimore during which two other men died and seven more people were injured, police said.
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Baltimore Police charge Lansdowne man with firing errant shot in gunbattle that hit 10-year-old girl
Baltimore Police arrested and charged another man in the brazen, west-side gunbattle last February, this person alleged to have fired the reckless shot that hit the 10-year-old girl down the block.
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Maryland State Police are searching for the driver of a vehicle believed to be involved in a fatal hit and run crash in Wicomico County - Baltimore police are engaged in training to help them intervene when fellow officers cross the line into dangerous behavior when dealing with the public. It is in response to a federal consent decree and comes amid growing anger over deaths of George Floyd and other unarmed people, mostly minorities, at the hands of police.
- A man was stabbed to death late Sunday night, continuing a weekend of violence in Baltimore during which two other men died and seven more people were injured, police said.
- Anne Arundel County police arrested a 16-year-old after responding to one of two shootings reported in the area of Polk Drive and Freedom Drive in Glen Burnie early Saturday morning.
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Baltimore Police charge Lansdowne man with firing errant shot in gunbattle that hit 10-year-old girl
Baltimore Police arrested and charged another man in the brazen, west-side gunbattle last February, this person alleged to have fired the reckless shot that hit the 10-year-old girl down the block. - Kyree Davis, 21, was arrested in the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Shamyar Austin, Baltimore police said.
- Authorities say Maurice Terrell Bellinger, 31, of Riverdale has been charged in a road-rage incident April 2 that killed Keya Beale, 50, of Hyattsville.
- Three men were shot late Thursday afternoon in the Baltimore Highlands neighborhood of Southeast Baltimore, according to the police.
- All detainees at the Chesapeake Detention Facility in Baltimore will be offered coronavirus vaccines by May 1 and the facility will be subjected to monthly independent inspections as corrections officials agreed to a settlement in relation to a lawsuit that alleged they mishandled a COVID-19 outbreak at the facility in February.
- Baltimore County Police issued a warning Thursday about a white van whose driver reportedly attempted to lure children into the van in at least two incidents in the past week.
- Across Maryland, police departments, attorneys and advocacy groups are unpacking the raft of police reform measures state lawmakers passed last weekend by overriding vetoes by Gov. Larry Hogan. The Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 ushers in sweeping changes to law enforcement from big, urban departments to small, rural forces.
- Police officers responding to a parking complaint in Gaithersburg on Wednesday afternoon were fired upon from above, with nearby residents were encouraged to shelter in place for several hours, authorities said.
- A man was shot dead in Baltimore on Wednesday afternoon, the three man shot in the city the same day, police said.
- A Maryland State Police trooper shot and killed a 16-year-old in Leonardtown on Tuesday after the agency said the boy was pointing an airsoft gun at a trooper and wielding a knife.
- A homeless couple digging through a trash container in West Baltimore on Tuesday morning discovered “parts of a human foot,” police said.
- A lawsuit filed in federal court alleges that Baltimore police unconstitutionally seize and hold the car keys, money and clothes of shooting victims for months without establishing their worth as evidence in their investigations.
- Four years after more than 60 businesses sued Baltimore over what they called its botched response to unrest following the death of Freddie Gray, the city has filed a response casting its effort “a success” that looks even better compared with what has taken place in other cities.
- The bills that Gov. Larry Hogan signed into law include the Walter Lomax Act, which sets guidelines for how much money the state must pay individuals who have been wrongly convicted and sent to prison.
- Mumwaldi Kearney, 48, was charged with murder in the death of his mother, Baltimore police said.
- Baltimore police have identified nine homicide victim who were all fatally shot last week.
- Some of the bills have already become law, but most now head to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan for his review.
