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Criminal justice

    As outrage over Brooklyn mass shooting fades, let’s still hold leaders accountable
    As summertime activities come into focus, outrage in Baltimore about the Brooklyn Homes mass shooting is fading. But city police, housing officials and political leaders need to still be held accountable for what happened, columnist E.R. Shipp says.
    Acting police commissioner Richard Worley speaks at the Baltimore City Council hearing on the Brooklyn mass shooting on July 13, 2023.
    Teen found guilty of voluntary manslaughter for killing man who confronted squeegee workers with a bat
    The deadly shooting of Timothy Reynolds at the intersection of Light and Conway streets on July 7, 2022, reverberated throughout the city and led to policy changes related to squeegee workers.
    Aijah Gatson, left, the mother of a 16-year-old found guilty of voluntary manslaughter for shooting and killing Timothy Reynolds on July 7, 2022, leaves the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse in Baltimore on Thursday after a jury returned a verdict in her son’s trial. The jury found him not guilty of first- and second-degree murder.
    Man convicted of murder in disappearance of pregnant Baltimore woman Akia Eggleston
    Eggleston went missing in May 2017 right before her baby shower. She was eight months pregnant at the time.
    Courtesy: CBS News Baltimore
    Michael K. Williams: Man sentenced to 2½ years in prison for ‘The Wire’ actor’s death
    The sentence for Carlos Macci, 71, who was linked to a crew of drug dealers blamed in the death of actor Michael K. Williams, benefited from support from Williams’ nephew and “The Wire” co-creator David Simon, who urged leniency.
    MIAMI, FL - MARCH 31: Michael K. Williams is seen in his award show look for the 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on March 31, 2021 in Miami, Florida. Due to COVID-19 restrictions the 2021 SAG Awards will be a one-hour, pre-taped event airing April 4 on TNT and TBS.
    Jury deliberations paused in trial of teen accused of killing man who confronted squeegee workers
    Baltimore Circuit Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer said a juror called multiple times to report she was experiencing "flu-like symptoms." The judge directed the jury to return at 9 a.m. Thursday.
    J. Wyndal Gordon, center, an attorney who's representing a 16-year-old charged with first-degree murder in the deadly shooting of Timothy Reynolds, speaks to reporters on Wednesday outside the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse in Baltimore. Reynolds, 48, of Hampden, was fatally shot after 4:30 p.m. at the intersection of Light and Conway streets near the Inner Harbor after confronting a group of squeegee workers with a baseball bat.
    Jury asks for definition of mistrial in Timothy Reynolds case
    The jury was released at 5:20 p.m. Tuesday and is set to continue deliberations Wednesday.
    J. Wyndal Gordon, center, an attorney representing a 16-year-old charged with first-degree murder and related offenses in the shooting of Timothy Reynolds, makes a statement on Tuesday in front of the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse in Baltimore.
    What’s next for Marilyn Mosby? A women’s retreat in Jamaica weeks before her trial this fall.
    Mosby, who exited the state’s attorney’s office last year, said 25 professional women will be accepted to join her in the “intimate holistic transformational experience.”
    Portrait of Marilyn Mosby at the Baltimore City State's Attorney Office.
    They were wounded in a mass shooting. Then Baltimore Police seized their belongings.
    The Baltimore Police Department is under scrutiny over how it seizes “evidence” from shooting victims.
    The crime scene the morning after the July 2 mass shooting in Brooklyn Homes.
    Jury starts deliberating in case of teen accused of killing man who confronted squeegee workers with a bat
    The jury composed of four men and eight women deliberated for almost three hours on Monday in Baltimore Circuit Court.
    Becky Reynolds, far right, in yellow, and Shannon Reynolds, left center, in pink, leave the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse in Baltimore on Monday after a jury deliberated for almost three hours in the case of a 16-year-old charged with first-degree murder and related offenses. The teen is accusing of shooting and killing Timothy Reynolds, 48, of Hampden, at the intersection of Light and Conway streets near the Inner Harbor on July 7, 2022.
    Commentary: Addressing city’s violent crime means making tough choices
    Morgan State University’s new Center for Urban Violence and Crime Reduction will engage all segments of Baltimore as it seeks answers for addressing the “carnage” from gun violence in the city, says Anna McPhatter, dean of Morgan’s School of Social Work and director of the center.
    Anna McPhatter is the dean of Morgan State's School of Social Work and director of the Center for Urban Violence and Crime Reduction.
    Anne Arundel state’s attorney will try Annapolis man on hate crime charges in June mass shooting
    Charles Robert Smith faces 42 charges, three of which are hate crimes, in connection with the deaths of Nick Mireles, Mario Mireles and Christian Segovia.
    Annapolis police respond to a quadruple shooting on Paddington Place near Edgewood on Sunday night, June 11, 2023. At least one person was killed.
    Suspect in unprovoked stabbing shot to death by police in Silver Spring, police say
    The victims were three women — two were stabbed in the neck — and a man, all of whom are expected to survive.
    Baltimore Police crime scene tape remains on the scene after a vehicle exploded inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood on 7/27/22.  Two people are being treated for injuries, fire officials said Wednesday afternoon.
    Brooklyn mass shooting victim Kylis Fagbemi remembered at funeral Friday
    Fagbemi, 20, was a forklift operator at Amazon and Kohl’s who had big dreams of becoming a traveling ultrasound technician. He had recently signed up for a certification course, according to his family.
    Loved ones hold a vigil in honor of Kylis Fagbemi, 20, on July 11. Fagbemi was shot and killed at a Brooklyn Homes block party on July 2.
    Police seize laptops, memoir from Vegas-area home of witness to Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing
    News of the search breathed new life into Shakur’s long-unsolved killing, which has been surrounded by conspiracy theories.
    Tupac Shakur in a scene from the film 'Gridlock'd', 1997.
    Three teenagers wounded in West Baltimore shooting, police say
    The shooting happened around 9:35 p.m. in the 2800 block of Riggs Avenue.
    Courtesy: CBS News Baltimore
    After detailing trail of evidence, prosecutors wrap arguments in deadly shooting of Timothy Reynolds
    Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer adjourned the trial until Monday, which is when both sides are set to deliver closing arguments.
    The Baltimore State's Attorney's Office on Thursday rested its case against a 16-year-old who's charged with first-degree murder and related offenses in the deadly shooting of Timothy Reynolds, 48, of Hampden. This is a picture of a motion that was filed earlier in the case.
    Vowing to ‘dig deeper,’ City Council sets date for second hearing on Brooklyn Day shooting
    The hearing, planned for Sept. 13 at 1 p.m., was announced by Councilman Mark Conway, who said he expected the Police Department will have by then completed its “after-action report.”
    The exterior of Baltimore City Hall as seen on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023.
    10 years after Tyrone West’s death, supporters won’t stop fighting to hold police accountable
    Tyrone West died during a struggle with police officers on July 18, 2013, following a traffic stop. Every Wednesday since, his sister Tawanda Jones and supporters have gathered to call for accountability.
    Tawanda Jones wipes her eyes at the 10-year anniversary memorial to honor Tyrone West held on the corner of Kitmore and Kelway roads on July 18, 2023. West was killed after being pursued by two officers of the Baltimore Police Department after he fled a traffic stop in 2013.
    FBI concludes investigation into shooting death of Roy McGrath and refers case to prosecutors
    A spokesman for the FBI’s Knoxville Field Office confirmed Thursday that agents concluded the investigation and referred the findings to local and federal prosecutors for review.
    Roy McGrath FBI wanted poster.
    Harford Co. veteran who stormed Capitol with loaded pistol is sentenced to 7 years in prison
    Christopher Michael Alberts, 35, of Pylesville, Maryland, isn’t accused of brandishing his concealed gun during the riot on Jan. 6, 2021. But he used a wooden pallet as a makeshift battering ram against police officers.
    In this image from video provided by the Justice Department in the government’s sentencing memo for Christopher Michael Alberts, right, yells at U.S. Capitol Police offices during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Alberts, a military veteran who stormed the U.S. Capitol with a loaded pistol, metal-plated body armor and a gas mask has been sentenced to seven years in prison. (Justice Department via AP)
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