Month: May 2024

By Baltimore Witness staff - May 31, 2024
Attempted Murder | Daily Stories | Homicides | Juveniles | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

Details In reference to the homicide that occurred in the Western District on May 25, Baltimore Police Department investigators have arrested 22-year-old Korey Hopson of Baltimore. Investigators learned Hopson killed 17-year-old... Read More

By Shelby Meek [former] - May 31, 2024
Attempted Murder | Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

Details Jurors will decide whether a Baltimore man was actually shot his fiancé in the head after the prosecution brought evidence of a bullet fragment before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge... Read More

By Kayla Blietz [former] - May 31, 2024
Attempted Murder | Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Suspects |

Details A jury reached a May 13 guilty verdict on all 19 charges against an attempted murder defendant accused of shooting at his victim 15 times in May 2023.  Lance Hickman,... Read More

By Baltimore Witness Staff - May 31, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

Details A street-level drug dealer for the 1800 Boys crime gang has been found guilty of killing Marquis Carter over a territory dispute in November 2022. On April 29, a jury... Read More

By Dana Beckwith [former] - May 31, 2024
Attempted Murder | Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Suspects |

Details A 32-year-old attempted murder defendant who was scheduled to go to trial ended up taking a plea deal on May 24.   Jamal Banks was charged with three counts of attempted... Read More

By Andrew Michaels - May 31, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

Details A 49-year-old Reisterstown man was sentenced to ten years in prison on May 10 for his role in the murder of 38-year-old William Smith in 2021. Michael Corprew was charged... Read More

By Baltimore Witness staff - May 31, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Traffic | Victims |

Details On May 30, at approximately 9:00 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the unit block of North Central Avenue for a single-vehicle accident. When officers arrived, they located the... Read More

By Laura Van Pate - May 30, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Suspects |

Details A Baltimore man was found not guilty of first-degree murder of another Baltimore man on May 13 in Baltimore City Circuit Court.  Adam White’s murder occurred in February 2023 on... Read More

By Shelby Meek [former] , Tobias Kaufmann [former] - May 30, 2024
Attempted Murder | Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

Details Parties debated whether an attempted murder victim was actually shot in the head during opening statements before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on May 30. On Aug.... Read More

By Andrew Michaels - May 30, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Suspects |

Details A shooting defendant accused of firing a gun in the air to scare away kids who were damaging his car was given probation before judgment on April 3 following a... Read More

By Andrew Michaels - May 30, 2024
Attempted Murder | Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Suspects |

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge sentenced attempted homicide defendant Karon Alston to a decade behind bars after the parties reached a plea agreement in connection to an armed carjacking... Read More

By Baltimore Witness staff - May 30, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On May 29, at approximately 12:44 a.m., patrol officers responded to an area hospital for a report of a possible walk-in shooting victim.  Once there, Baltimore Police Department officers located... Read More

By Baltimore Witness staff - May 30, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On May 29, at around 10:33 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers received a call for a discharging in the area of the 5000 block of Litchfield Avenue. Upon arrival, Northwest... Read More

By Ashley Oiler [former] , Stephanie Ho [former] - May 29, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Ronald A. Silkworth sentenced a 41-year-old murder defendant to 15 years in prison on May 29. Wednesday’s hearing was the culmination of Byron Erin Lewis’... Read More

By Dana Beckwith [former] - May 29, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

Details A 45-year-old first-degree murder defendant started the second day of his trial with testimony focused on evidence found on the defendant’s phone. Keith Anderson, accompanied by his defense attorney, Michael... Read More

By Sophia Strocko [former] - May 29, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

Details A Baltimore man pleaded guilty to two of 14 charges in connection to the Aug. 22, 2020, unintended murder of his friend despite beginning the day intending to face a... Read More

By Laura Van Pate - May 29, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

Details A 45-year-old Baltimore resident’s stepdaughter testified in court that her stepfather and boyfriend were fighting during her stepfather’s murder trial on May 28 in Baltimore City Circuit Court. Keith Anderson... Read More

By Baltimore Witness staff - May 29, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details On May 29, at approximately 6:45 a.m., Northwest District patrol officers responded to the 5600 block of Bland Avenue for a report of an unresponsive male. Once there, Baltimore Police... Read More

By Baltimore Witness staff - May 29, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On May 29, at approximately 5:10 a.m., Southwest District patrol officers responded to an area hospital for a report of a walk-in shooting victim. Once there, Baltimore Police Department officers... Read More

By Sophia Strocko [former] - May 28, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Juveniles | Suspects | Victims |

Details The trial of a man accused of murdering a 1-year-old baby has been postponed in anticipation of a report that may suggest that the victim died from a pre-existing medical... Read More

By Andrew Michaels - May 28, 2024
Attempted Murder | Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Suspects |

Details A 35-year-old Baltimore man pleaded guilty to assault and weapons charges on May 28 in connection to a shooting in West Baltimore in 2022. Initially scheduled for a jury trial,... Read More

By Tahlia Williams [former] - May 28, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects | Traffic | Victims |

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland set a plea hearing date for an involuntary manslaughter defendant on May 28.  Latrell Sanders, 29, is facing charges of involuntary manslaughter,... Read More

By Racquel Bazos [former] - May 28, 2024
Attempted Murder | Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Suspects |

Details The prosecution dropped all charges against a 48-year-old attempted murder defendant in Baltimore City Circuit Court May 28.  Gregory Barnes was charged with attempted first- and second-degree murder, first- and... Read More

By Baltimore Witness staff - May 28, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On May 27, at around 3:40 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to investigate a ShotSpotter alert near Hillen Road and Harford Road. Upon arrival, officers located a 25-year-old male... Read More