Criminal justice

The city is projected to end the year with 275 homicides, if trends continue.

Little has been disclosed about the lead-up to Harrison’s abrupt departure.

Victims’ families said they never thought a parking dispute would escalate to a shooting that killed 3 people and injured 3 others.

Racial segregation in Baltimore continues to define the city, an analysis of nearly every data set The Baltimore Banner data team analyzed in our first year has found. Why does the “Black Butterfly” keep appearing in Baltimore data?

Smith, 43, of Annapolis, is charged with three counts of second-degree murder and related offenses in a mass shooting that happened on Sunday on Paddington Place, between Edgewood Road and Kensington Way, in Annapolis. He’s being held without bond.

The judge said his ruling is based on the serious and violent charges, and that suspect Charles Robert Smith could be “unpredictable.”

Police apprehended the teen, Jabre Griffith, on June 6 at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, where he was enrolled as a student.

Here’s what it looks like after a mass shooting in Maryland’s small-town capital.

Baltimore Circuit Judge Gregory Sampson found Officer Maxwell Dundore, a more than five-year veteran, guilty earlier this year of second-degree assault and misconduct in office.

Six people were shot — three of them fatally — on Sunday at a house on Paddington Place near Edgewood Road.

Annapolis Police Chief Ed Jackson said he believed the three men who died ranged in age from their 20s to their 50s. He described the case as a "very active and fluid investigation."

Police said it appeared the shooting occurred during a domestic dispute.

Two teenagers, a male and a female, showed up at hospitals with gunshot wounds to the lower body early Sunday morning. Baltimore County Police are trying to determine what led to the shootings.

Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison, who has led the department for the last four years, announced he will step down on Thursday.

President Donald Trump's attorney M. Evan Corcoran is a former federal prosecutor and joined Silverman Thompson in March 2021 after almost four years as managing director of a global investment company.

“Mr. Davis should not be punished merely because his attorney failed to properly advise him,” his new attorney says.

Within the department, Richard Worley maintains a reputation as a respected and seasoned patrol officer and commander, someone who knows the streets of Baltimore.

“He took on a very, very challenging job, and he is a true man of honor and integrity,” Gov. Wes Moore said Thursday.

Attorney urges the court to take up the appeal and ensure that victims are given a “meaningful voice.”

Mayor Brandon Scott will nominate Richard Worley, the deputy commissioner for operations, as interim commissioner and intends to nominate him to the position permanently.