October 2024 - Page 4 of 7 - Baltimore Witness

Officers Respond to Garrison Avenue Shooting

By Baltimore Witness staff - October 15, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Oct. 13, at approximately 2:41 a.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 4100 block of Garrison Avenue for a report of a shooting. On scene, officers located an... Read More

Garrison Boulevard Shooting Victim Receives Treatment

By Baltimore Witness staff - October 15, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Oct. 12, at approximately 6:54 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to calls for a discharging on the 4400 block of Garrison Boulevard. Once they arrived, officers located an... Read More

North Mount Street Shooting Victim Hospitalized

By Baltimore Witness staff - October 15, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Oct. 12, at approximately 5:26 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers heard a discharging near the 1700 block of North Calhoun Street. On the way to the location, officers encountered... Read More

Woman Killed in Edmondson Avenue Vehicle Crash

By Baltimore Witness staff - October 15, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Traffic | Victims |

Details On Oct. 12, at approximately midnight, Baltimore Police Department officers responded to Edmondson Avenue and Swann Avenue for reports of a pedestrian struck. Once there, officers located the unidentified female... Read More

Two Teens Shot in Central District

Details On Oct. 12, at approximately 1:29 a.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 600 block of West Franklin Street for reports of a shooting. Officers arrived and observed a... Read More

Pedestrian Dies After Eastern Avenue Car Collision

By Baltimore Witness staff - October 15, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Traffic | Victims |

Details On Oct. 10, at around 3:53 a.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 5700 block of Eastern Avenue to investigate a call for a hit and run involving a... Read More

Man Will Serve 35 Years for Alcohol-Motivated Shooting

Details A 29-year-old was sentenced to 35 years in prison for a May 2023 shooting in Baltimore City Circuit Court Oct. 11. Per the Maryland Judiciary website, Judge Lawrence P. Fletcher-Hill... Read More

Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Shooting Another During Argument

Details A 19-year-old Baltimore man will serve the next two decades in prison after he was found guilty of shooting another man during an argument last year. On Oct. 11, Rito... Read More

Aisquith Street Defendant Receives Trial Date

Details A 19-year-old defendant received a trial date after rejecting a plea offer in Baltimore City Circuit Court Oct. 11. Defendant Jamal Smothers, represented by defense attorney Judit Otvos, is charged... Read More

April Murder Defendant to Be Tried in February 2025

Details A 35-year-old received a trial date in Baltimore City Circuit Court Oct. 11. Defendant Michael Dwight Conley represented by defense attorney Marci Johnson, is charged with first-degree murder, firearm use... Read More

Attorneys’ Scheduling Conflicts Postpone Woman’s Sentencing For Friend’s Shooting

Details An Owings Mills woman’s sentencing for conspiring to shoot her friend was postponed on Oct. 11 in Baltimore City Circuit Court. Markia Vaughn, 20, was scheduled for sentencing alongside her... Read More

Manslaughter Defendant Sentenced

Details A manslaughter defendant was sentenced in connection to a 2022 death on Oct. 10 in Baltimore City Circuit Court. Donte Simms, 46, was found guilty of manslaughter in February for... Read More

Greenmount Avenue Attempted Murder Defendant Sentenced to 42 Years

Details A 38-year-old attempted murder defendant was sentenced in Baltimore City Circuit Court for his involvement in a December 2023 shooting on Oct. 9. Defendant William Harris, represented by defense attorney... Read More

‘Uncooperative’ Victim Shot in Calf

By Baltimore Witness staff - October 11, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Oct. 11, at approximately 1:25 a.m., Northwest District officers responded to the 2400 block of West Belvedere Avenue for a walk-in shooting victim seeking treatment for a gunshot wound. ... Read More

Two Victims Linked to Fatal Gilrubin Court Shooting

By Baltimore Witness staff - October 11, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Oct. 10, at around 2:32 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 800 block of Gilrubin Court to investigate a call for a shooting. Upon arrival, officers observed... Read More

Attorney General to Release Bodycam Footage of Fatal Police Shooting

Details A press release from the Office of the Maryland Attorney General (OAG) stated the office is investigating a fatal police shooting in west Baltimore’s Upton neighborhood Oct. 9. Baltimore Police... Read More

At Trial, Teen Pleads Guilty to Fatally Shooting 16-Year-Old, Injuring Man

Details A day after his jury trial began, homicide defendant Paul Ray IV pleaded guilty for the killing of 16-year-old Bryson Hudson and shooting of another man last year. On Oct.... Read More

Judge Sentences Fatal Stabbing Defendant to 43 Years

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lynn Stewart Mays ordered a 47-year-old murder defendant to serve 43 years for a 2023 fatal stabbing. Alphonso Ward was convicted of second-degree murder and... Read More

During Murder Sentencing Defendant Avers Innocence

Details A homicide defendant continued to maintain his innocence during his sentencing in Baltimore City Circuit Court on Oct. 11. Darries Sommerville, 30, was sentenced to life in prison for the... Read More

Attorney Claims Everything Defendant Did Was, ‘Within the Law’

Details “Everything my client did was within the law as he acted in self-defense,” a defense attorney said during his closing argument on Aug. 19 in Baltimore City Circuit Court. The... Read More

Woman Rejects Plea for Assault Charge; Trial Scheduled for January

Details A 32-year-old woman rejected a plea deal for her involvement in a spring non-fatal shooting case before receiving a trial date in Baltimore City Circuit Court Oct. 10. Kenyotta Wedington... Read More

April Murder Defendant to Be Tried in January 2025

Details A 32-year-old defendant received a trial date after rejecting a plea offer in Baltimore City Circuit Court Oct. 10. Charles Kesler III is charged with first-degree murder, firearm use in... Read More

Alleged Teen Shooter to Stay in Adult Court, Faces 2025 Trial

Details A 17-year-old attempted murder defendant, who was recently denied a request to be tried in juvenile court, received a Baltimore City Circuit Court trial date Oct. 10. Ty’yon Scruggs is... Read More

Mental Health Concerns Force Reception Court Continuance

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland refrained from scheduling the trial for 30-year-old attempted murder defendant Oct. 10 due to pending mental competency concerns. Brian Allen Watkins is... Read More

Month: October 2024