The Harford County Sheriff's Department has charged an 18-year-old Edgewood man with attempted murder, assault, robbery and other charges in connection with a shooting Wednesday in the Harford Commons neighborhood. Police said Shawn Scott Stansbury Jr. threatened the residents of a home in the 2000 block of Starr St. shortly before midnight. While pointing a handgun at them, he demanded valuables, police said. Thomas Joseph Sweiger, 20, of Bel Air struck Stansbury in the head with a baseball bat. Stansbury fired the gun, hitting Sweiger in the leg and forehead. Deputies apprehended Stansbury at his home on Gateshead Court, where they also recovered a revolver. He is being held without bond at the Harford County Detention Center. Sweiger was transported to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, where police said he remains in stable condition.

- Brent Jones