By Andrew Michaels - September 17, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Suspects |

Details Non-fatal shooting charges against a 22-year-old man were dismissed on Sept. 16 following the defendant’s acceptance of a guilty plea for a firearm and drug trafficking crime in another case.... Read More

By Andrew Michaels - September 17, 2024
Attempted Murder | Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Suspects |

Details A 32-year-old woman pleaded guilty to shooting the girlfriend of her father’s children on Sept. 17 during a dispute over a cell phone earlier this year. During Tuesday’s proceeding, Shairora... Read More

By Andrew Michaels - September 17, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects | Traffic | Victims |

Details A 23-year-old woman “attempted to hide her identity” by recovering her license plate after she struck and killed victim Aaron Hall with her car last year, a Baltimore City prosecutor... Read More

By LaTrina Antoine - December 14, 2023
Editors Corner |

Details Last week I sat through a conference focused on shootings in the United States. It was held by the Center for American Progress and featured, over several days, mothers of... Read More

By Baltimore Witness Staff - November 28, 2023
Editors Corner |

Details Everywhere you look in Baltimore there are new teams doing great things. The O’s gave hope to the city. The Raven’s are running all over the competition. Ivan Bates is... Read More

By Baltimore Witness Staff - November 17, 2023
Daily Stories | Editors Corner |

Details If you listen to Mayor Scott or Commissioner Worley,it sounds like things are getting better. Homicides and shootings are down. The city is turning around.  The criminal justice system is... Read More

By Baltimore Witness Staff - September 10, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Featured | Homicides | Non-Fatal Shooting | Victims |

Details Of the 39 homicide and non-fatal shooting incidents in August, the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) has arrested suspects in 11 of those incidents. According to Baltimore Witness data, there were... Read More

By Racquel Bazos - August 30, 2024
Attempted Murder | Court | Daily Stories | Featured | Homicides | Suspects | Victims |

Details “I hold myself fully accountable. I’m very remorseful,” said Jason Dean Billingsley, 33, as he pleaded guilty to the first-degree murder of 26-year-old CEO Pava LaPere in Baltimore City Circuit... Read More

By Sophia Strocko [former] - August 7, 2024
Data | Featured | Homicides | Juveniles | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

Details July brought both record-breaking highs and lows of violent crime to Baltimore. The city experienced the highest number of homicides per month and the lowest number of non-fatal shootings per... Read More