3, one a juvenile, charged in killing
Three males, one a juvenile, have been arrested and charged in the fatal shooting Monday near a West Baltimore school of a Carroll County man during a robbery, police said. The victim, Russell Day, 31, of Westminster, was in an alley in the 2100 block of Christian St. near Samuel F.B. Morse Elementary School about 9 a.m. when he was shot in the upper body. Day died a short time later at Maryland Shock Trauma Center, police said. At the scene, police found a semiautomatic handgun believed used in the shooting. Charged with first-degree murder and other offenses and held without bail at Central Booking and Intake Center are Jermaine McCory, 15, of the 1800 block of Vine St., who was charged as an adult; Davone Sydnor, 18, of the 1000 block of W. Lombard St.; and Kevin Ward, 18, of the 2500 block of Southdene Ave.
Richard Irwin
Howard man, 45, dies in single-vehicle crash
A 45-year-old Ellicott City man was killed early Tuesday when the sport utility vehicle he was driving went off a road near his home, Howard County police said. Paul Joseph Schmitt of the 7800 block of Flagstone Court was driving west on Route 103 near Wheatfield Way about 5:20 a.m. when his Mitsubishi Montero veered from the left lane, went off the road and struck a tree. No other vehicles were involved. Schmitt was taken to Howard County General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Don Markus
McDonogh Township crash kills 1, hurts 1
One person was killed and another injured Tuesday afternoon when two vehicles collided on a road near the McDonogh Township development, Baltimore County police said. Their names were withheld pending notification of family members. Shortly before 2:30 p.m., the vehicles collided in the 8100 block of McDonogh Road between Pittsfield and Field roads, trapping the female occupant of one vehicle. Police said she was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later. The occupant of the second vehicle, believed to be a male, was taken by a county Fire Department ambulance to Sinai Hospital in Northwest Baltimore for treatment of injuries thought to be not life-threatening.
Richard Irwin
Rocks are hurled at vehicles near mall
