Police identify victim in Walbrook shooting
Police have identified a man fatally shot on a street in the Walbrook community Tuesday night as Rubin Nelson, a 26-year-old who lived in the 3100 block of Clifton Ave. Southwestern District officers found Nelson bleeding from multiple gunshot wounds in the 1900 block of N. Rosedale St., and he was pronounced dead at the scene by city Fire Department medics. Police had no suspects and knew of no motive. Nelson was convicted on drug charges in 2002 and received a seven-year suspended sentence, and in 2003 was found not guilty on handgun charges. He had not been charged with a crime since then, according to electronic court records.
Justin Fenton
Ex-Columbia man indicted in stabbings of couple
A Howard County grand jury indicted a man yesterday on two counts of attempted first-degree murder for allegedly breaking into the home of his ex-girlfriend's mother and stabbing the younger woman and her fiance.
Gregory Imes Jr., 26, of no fixed address but formerly of Columbia, is being held without bond in the September incident. He also was indicted on two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of second-degree assault, and one count each of first- and third-degree burglary.
Imes is accused of committing the stabbings while he was out on bond after being arrested in connection with a robbery in July.
Tyeesha Dixon
Police link June 22 killing to cousins' deaths
A fourth killing is believed to be tied to a string of incidents that led to the shooting death this week of two cousins, police said. Howard Grant Jr., 18, and Justin Berry, 19, who police said repeatedly refused protection after being shot at, were killed Sunday night near their family's Upton home. Police believe Grant and Berry were present at the June 19 killing of Brian Goodwyn, 21, who was shot in the 500 block of Bloom St. But police also believe that both men were present at the fatal shooting three days later of Romie Ziegler, 21, just a few feet away from where Goodwyn was killed. A police spokesman said it was not clear what sparked Goodwyn's killing but the subsequent shootings appeared to be fallout from that incident.
Justin Fenton
