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Mayfield Avenue Homicide Victim Pronounced Dead on Scene

By Baltimore Witness staff - January 16, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Jan. 15, at approximately 9:19 p.m., Eastern District Officers were dispatched to the 2800 block of Mayfield Avenue to investigate a ShotSpotter alert. Upon arrival, officers located 39-year-old Dominic... Read More

Officers Searching for Location of Southern District Shooting

By Baltimore Witness staff - January 16, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Jan. 15, at approximately 1:15 p.m., Southern District patrol officers responded to an area hospital for a report of a walk-in shooting victim. Once there, officers located a 16-year-old... Read More

Man Charged With Attempted Murder for Striking Delivery Man in Crossfire

Details On Jan. 12, at approximately 10 a.m., Western District detectives and Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force members arrested 20-year-old Darrien Gaither of Baltimore. Detectives believe that Gaither was involved... Read More

Greenrose Lane Shooting Victim in Stable Condition

By Baltimore Witness staff - January 16, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Jan. 14, at approximately 10:16 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 4500 block of Greenrose Lane to investigate a call for a shooting. Upon arrival, officers observed... Read More

Investigators Locate Crime Scene for Teen Shooting

By Baltimore Witness staff - January 16, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Jan. 14, at approximately 7 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to an area hospital to investigate a call for a walk-in shooting victim. Upon arrival, officers observed an... Read More

Police Find Fatally Wounded Woman, Uninjured Man Off Highway Exit

Details On Jan. 14, at approximately 12:59 a.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the I-83 North Exit 3 to investigate a call of a woman being shot. Upon arrival, officers... Read More

51-Year-Old Man Shot on East Biddle Street

By Baltimore Witness staff - January 16, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Jan. 13, at approximately 8:33 a.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 1000 block of East Biddle Street to investigate a call for a shooting. Upon arrival, officers... Read More

Officers Apprehend Murder Suspects After Car Crash

Details On Jan. 12, at approximately 4:13 p.m., Southern District officers were dispatched to the 800 block of Washington Boulevard to investigate a reported shooting, following a ShotSpotter alert. Officers responded... Read More

Southwest District Officers Investigate North Poppleton Street Shooting

By Baltimore Witness staff - January 16, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Jan. 12, at approximately 4:00 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers were dispatched to investigate a reported call for a shooting on the 100 block of North Poppleton Street. Officers... Read More

Defense Attorney Claims State Report Finding Client Competent ‘Unsatisfactory’

Details On Jan. 10, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin found a 27-year-old homicide defendant competent to stand trial despite his defense attorney’s numerous issues with the competency report. ... Read More

Prisoner Accused of Stabbing Fellow Inmate to Death Sentenced to 40 Years

Details A 30-year-old man charged with the murder of a fellow prisoner was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Jan. 5 in a plea agreement between the prosecution and his... Read More

Man Accused of Fatally Stabbing Senior in 2016 Now Found Competent

Details On Jan. 10, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin found a 24-year-old homicide defendant competent to stand trial, but denied his release from psychiatric care. Christopher Straham is... Read More

Judge Denies Bail for Mother Accused of Shooting at Teen Daughter on Lyndhurst Street Last Year

Details A mother accused of shooting at her teenage daughter last April was denied bail on Jan. 12, despite the victim’s recanted statement. Theresa Taylor, 43, and her defense attorney, James... Read More

‘Everybody Agrees: There’s No Gun,’ Defense Says at Accused Shooter’s Bail Review

Details Defense counsel for 36-year-old non-fatal shooting defendant Louis Franklin argued no shooting ever occurred during an incident last fall for which his client was charged, despite the prosecutor’s assertion that... Read More

Man Found Competent to Stand Trial in Neighbor Dispute Shooting

Details On Jan. 10, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin found a 23-year-old attempted murder defendant competent to stand trial. Daykai Quarles is charged with attempted first- and second-degree... Read More

‘I Fully Expect for You to Die in Prison,’ Judge Tells Defendant at Sentencing in 2022 Gretna Court Murder

Details At the sentencing of convicted homicide defendant Joel Ugah, family members of 32-year-old Brittany Keyser implored Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Timothy J. Doory to “lock him up and throw... Read More

Victim Shot at Shooter First in ‘Anticipatory Defense,’ Prosecutor Says at Defendant’s Bail Review

Details A 20-year-old Baltimore man was denied bail on Jan. 12 for his involvement in a hit-and-run turned shootout on Frederick Road in May 2023. During Friday’s bail review before Baltimore... Read More

ShotSpotter Alerts BPD to North Broadway Shooting

By Baltimore Witness staff - January 12, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Jan. 11, at approximately 10:06 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 900 block of North Broadway to investigate a ShotSpotter alert. Upon arrival, officers discovered a 41-year-old... Read More

Police Respond to 18-Year-Old Shooting Victim

By Baltimore Witness staff - January 12, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Jan. 11, at approximately 3:37 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to an area hospital to investigate a call for a walk-in shooting victim Upon arrival, officers observed an... Read More

BPD Releases Body-Cam Footage of 2023 Officer-Involved Shooting

Details On Dec. 30, 2023, at approximately 9:15 a.m., Southwest District patrol officers were responding to a burglary call, when they observed a naked man standing on the corner on the... Read More

Mistrial Declared in 2021 Laurens Street Shooting

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Taylor Jr. declared a mistrial in the murder case of 47-year-old Michael Harvey on Jan. 11 after the jury failed to reach a... Read More

2023 Attempted Murder Defendant Rejects Plea Deal

Details A 30-year-old attempted murder defendant rejected a plea deal before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland on Jan. 11. Willie Harris-Stanley is charged with attempted first- and second-degree... Read More

58-Year-Old Man Accepts Plea for Shooting, After Claiming He Was Defending His Home

Details A 58-year-old man’s defense counsel said her client believed someone was trying to break into his house when he fired a single warning shot from his living room window in... Read More

Defendant Shot Victim at ‘Point-Blank for No Reason’ Outside Freddie’s Sports Bar and Grill, Prosecutor Argues

Details When 49-year-old Damian Palmer saw a man standing near his car outside Freddie’s Sports Bar and Grill last March, his response was nothing short of senseless and reckless, a Baltimore... Read More