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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.