Homicides Archives - Page 2 of 174

Homicide Detectives Investigate Fatal Westfield Avenue Shooting

By Baltimore Witness Staff - July 3, 2025
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting |

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced a homicide investigation in the Northeast District. On July 2, at approximately 11:11 p.m., Northeast District patrol officers responded to the 3000 block of... Read More

Man Fatally Shot on Thames Street

By Baltimore Witness Staff - July 3, 2025
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting |

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced a homicide investigation in the Central District. On July 3, at approximately 2:48 a.m., a Central District patrol officer responded to the 1500 block... Read More

Woman Shot in Boone Street Home Dies at Hospital

By Baltimore Witness Staff - July 3, 2025
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting |

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced an investigation into a homicide in the Eastern District. On July 3, at approximately 7:24 a.m., Eastern District patrol officers responded to a home... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Declared Competent to Stand Trial

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin ruled that Javon Hines, 24, was competent to stand trial on July 2 after his not criminally responsible (NCR) evaluation found him... Read More

ShotSpotter Alerts Police to 2 Shot on Ravenwood Avenue

By Baltimore Witness Staff - July 2, 2025
Daily Stories | Homicides | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting |

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced a homicide investigation in the Eastern District. On July 2, at approximately 3:20 p.m., officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert at the 3600 block... Read More

Defense Claims Lead Detective Had ‘Blinders On’ In 2024 Homicide Investigation

Details Defense attorney Martin Cohen argued that the lead Baltimore Police detective approached investigations with “blinders on” and a bias against defendant Damion Thomas, 45, while investigating his alleged involvement in... Read More

Jury Trial Begins for Alleged S. Paca Street Killer

Details The murder trial of Damion Thomas, 45, continued on July 1 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Michael A. DiPietro, with six witnesses from the prosecution taking the stand to... Read More

Evidence Puts Defendant at Crime Scene in Leverton Avenue Murder, Prosecution Says

Details As the homicide trial of Melvin Garcercis Tucker came to a close on June 30, the prosecution focused on video footage, license plate readers and a motive that they said... Read More

Double Homicide Case Ends in Mistrial, Slated to Return for Motion’s Hearing in September

Details A mistrial was declared in the double homicide trial of Khaleb Edmonds on June 24 after jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict. Following a day of deliberations, a... Read More

Man Fatally Stabbed in Southeast Baltimore

By Baltimore Witness Staff - July 1, 2025
Daily Stories | Homicides | stabbing |

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced a homicide investigation in the Southeast District. On June 30, at approximately 11:09 p.m., Southeast District patrol officers responded to a report of a... Read More

Franklin Square Murder Suspect to be Tried in September

Details A Baltimore man accused of a fatal shooting in June 2023 rejected a plea offer and received a jury trial date from Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland... Read More

Four-Day Trial Set for Baltimore Man Accused of Murder

Details Murder suspect Andrew Curry, 24, appeared in Baltimore City Circuit Court on June 30, where a four-day trial was scheduled for November in connection to the 2023 shooting death of Desmond Green. Read More

Trial Set for Suspect in Decade-Old Double Homicide

Details Scott Barnett, 45, appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Copeland on June 27 to set a date for the trial of a double homicide from 2014. Barnett is... Read More

Triple Shooting Case Slated for Trial in August

Details Two co-defendants in a fatal January triple shooting appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland on June 27 to receive a date for trial. Tavon Singleton, 34,... Read More

Forty-Eight Percent of June’s Homicide, Non-Fatal Shooting Cases Resolved Before Trial

Details Nearly half of all homicide and non-fatal shooting cases scheduled for trial in Baltimore City Circuit Court so far this month were resolved before moving forward, according to the latest... Read More

Oakley Avenue Murder Suspect Receives November Trial Date

Details Following a June 13 postponement in his case due to the unavailability of various key witnesses, murder defendant Zion James Clayton, 25, received a Nov. 13 trial date before Baltimore... Read More

Prosecutorial Misconduct Leads to Mistrial

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Cynthia H. Jones granted a mistrial for one of 37-year-old Munir Matin’s three criminal cases on June 25 following findings of prosecutorial misconduct. Proceedings ended... Read More

2 Arrested in Connection to Park Heights Avenue Homicide

By Baltimore Witness Staff - June 26, 2025
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting |

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced an arrest in reference to a homicide that occurred in the Northwest District. On June 20, detectives and U.S. Marshals arrested Joseph Hubbard, 33,... Read More

Defendant Killed Victim Over Money, Prosecutor sAys at Start of Trial

Details At the start of homicide defendant Melvin Tucker‘s trial on June 26, the prosecutor told jurors that the defendant killed 42-year-old Moses Earl McKnight over money. Tucker, 43, is charged... Read More

Christian Street Double Murder Victims Named

By Baltimore Witness Staff - June 26, 2025
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced an update on regarding a double homicide that occurred in the Southwest District. Javaun Simmons, 31, and Danelo Punnett, 24, were killed on June... Read More

Edmondson Village Shooting Victim Named

By Baltimore Witness Staff - June 26, 2025
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced an update on regarding a shooting that occurred in the Southwest District. Corey Washington, 41, was killed on June 23, in the 4100 block... Read More

Defendant Receives 10 Years in Prison for Accessory After the Fact Conviction

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge John A. Howard sentenced a defendant involved in a homicide to 10 years in prison on June 25. Tyrell White, 21, was initially charged with... Read More

Life in Prison, Man Pleads Guilty to Murder of 12-Year-Old Girl

Details Omar Passmore, 29, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and unlawful use of a firearm on June 24, accepting a plea deal of life in prison and 20 concurrent years for... Read More

Judge Denies Dismissal And Limits Evidence in Triple Shooting Case

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Cynthia H. Jones denied a motion to dismiss the case of homicide defendant Munir Matin on June 23. Matin, 37, faces 38 charges across three... Read More