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Deep dysfunction in the Baltimore Police homicide unit was allowed to fester amid an unprecedented half-decade of unsolved killings in the city, according to police officials and an internal review of the unit obtained by The Baltimore Sun.

A 22-year-old man was fatally shot near Mondawmin Mall in West Baltimore on Saturday evening, according to Baltimore Police.

Attorneys for the family of a deceased Baltimore man who was incarcerated on murder charges for 17 years before being exonerated in 2016 will soon begin collecting evidence in a civil lawsuit alleging a prolonged and widespread “pattern” of misconduct by Baltimore Police homicide detectives, after a federal judge gave them the green light to do so.

In the spirit of taking a joke, let us celebrate 16 times The Onion skewered Baltimore. Don't take it personally.

Prosecutors told a federal judge that Justin Antoine murdered a 16-year-old boy last year, shooting him twice in the head on a basketball court.

Andrew Zaragoza, of Bel Air, was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison, with half that sentenced suspended, for the 2017 murder of his mother.

Jonathan Clay Hickey, 28, of the 7500 block of North Point Road, has been charged with first and second degree murder and is held without bond.

Police have charged an 18-year-old with first-degree murder in the shooting death of an Edgewood teen that occurred on July 4.

Baltimore County police say a man who was fatally shot by officers at a Baltimore County motel had previously shot his ex-girlfriend in Windsor Mills.

Anthony Washington Sr. was arrested Saturday morning and faces 11 charges, including first-degree attempted murder and assault.

People recalling Khalil Lephonzo Johnson place his death in a larger context of the threat of violent death for young people.

Three people were shot, one fatally, in separate incidents in Baltimore late Friday and early Saturday, police said.

Baltimore police said the body showed gunshot wounds to the torso.

One of two teenagers arrested this week and charged with shooting a couple to death in West Baltimore had been out on bail facing charges of armed robbery

Khalil Johnson's former middle school teacher, told him she didn't want a middle of the night phone call telling her he had been shot and killed.

More than two years after her daughter and granddaughter went missing in South Baltimore, Margaret Tucker believes they were killed.

Baltimore authorities chronically struggle to overcome a strong anti-informant culture.

A 15-year-old was shot and killed early Thursday morning in Edgewood, the sheriff’s office said.

Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison Thursday announced the results of a three warrant initiative targeting violent offenders.

Derek Black was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Greg Manuel during a dice game in June 2017.

Johnny Ray Woods III, 20, of Baltimore, was charged with killing his girlfriend Dymond Jones, 18, who was found dead at her Pikesville home in June.

The defense argued for certain evidence, including the results of a blood test for drugs, to be suppressed from an upcoming trial.

The FBI announced that Roger Taylor, aka "Milk" of the Baltimore gang "Trained to Go," was arrested in the Dominican Republic on racketeering charges.

Bobbie Sue Hodge, 60, charged with setting fatal fire to the townhouse where she lived with eight other people continues to be held without bail.

A Westminster man has been indicted for homicide by motor vehicle in Carroll County Circuit Court after his vehicle allegedly struck and killed a man.

There may be a new police strategy for reducing homicides but it's not working yet.

Baltimore police also ruled a 1992 shooting as a homicide after a man succumbed to his injuries in March an autopsy ruled last week.

An Edgewood woman was arrested Monday and charged with three counts of murder in connection with a fire May 9 in Edgewood that killed three people.

A Maryland man has pleaded guilty to drunkenly causing a crash that killed three young children and critically injured their parents

Demetrius Thompson, 24, of Baltimore, was convicted of attempted first-degree murder in shooting his child's mother in the face in 2018.

A man was killed by assailants “using bricks and other objects” who followed him after he tried to drive away from a crash with their vehicle in Baltimore.

The 11-month-old granddaughter of a woman who was killed by a car in the parking lot of the Target store in Owings Mills Saturday night has been released.

A Baltimore man was killed in a hit-and-run crash while changing a tire on Interstate 295 in Anne Arundel County on Sunday, police said.

The teens are accused of beating and stabbing a 14-year-old girl because they were worried she would alert authorities about a crime they committed together.

Police say Dolphin Bernard Jackson, 57, of Laurel, died after he was shot in the area of 2 Woodland Court in Laurel at 2:15 p.m. Sunday.

A woman was killed and a child injured when they were struck by a vehicle in the parking lot of the Target in Owings Mills Saturday night.

The dedication of a memorial garden in Annapolis Friday morning launched a day-long commemoration of the Capital Gazette shootings one year ago.

Suiter’s death remains controversial — it is officially a homicide, with questions raised about whether he killed himself and staged it to look like a murder.

Baltimore Police arrested a 20-year-old man Thursday and charged him with the murder of former Maryland football player David Mackall Jr.

The man shot and killed by Baltimore County Police in Phoenix last weekend was a “loyal and caring person” who also had inner struggles,

One year after a gunman tried to silence the Annapolis Capital, the journalists there are covering the community with passion and diligence.

A gang member has been convicted of murder for the shooting death of Marine Douglas Rivas of Maryland outside a Southern California strip club in 2016.

Sean Milton, 27, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder Tuesday, police said in a release Wednesday

Russ Hamill, the new Laurel police chief, says shows like CBS’s “Blue Bloods” portray the very sort of “police family” he’s experienced throughout his career.

Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison praises officers' quick reactions and points to adjustments he hopes will help.

Police were investigating two homicides that happened within an hour of each other. It follows a violent weekend where 14 people were shot, three fatally.

The new Baltimore police plan to target "micro zones" with high crime is a good strategy.

One year later; The five victims of the Capital Gazette shooting left behind both physical mementos now precious to their families, as well as larger legacies.

A gunman opened fire on a crowd in East Baltimore early Saturday, killing a 19-year-old man and injuring four others in one of several overnight shootings.

Maryland State Police have arrested James Anthony Christian in Virginia in connection with an October crash near Port Tobacco that left an 18-year-old dead.