Police shoot Lochearn man after confrontation at home
A 27-year-old Lochearn man was shot Thursday afternoon inside his home during an altercation with Baltimore County police and was undergoing surgery at an area hospital last night, said a police spokesman. His condition was not available and his name was withheld pending notification of family. Bill Toohey, the spokesman, said the man called 911 about 4:30 p.m., told a dispatcher there was an emergency at his home in the 3600 block of Forest Grove Ave., then hung up. Toohey said after officers arrived, the man became "confrontational." Toohey said the man retreated into the kitchen and appeared seconds later with an unknown object and began struggling. He said that despite warnings, the man continued to brandish the object, and one of the officers fired at least one shot. The man was taken by ambulance to Sinai Hospital. - Richard Irwin
City increases meals served in children's program
FOR THE RECORD - An article in Friday's editions about Baltimore County's deer hunt at Loch Raven Reservoir incorrectly identified the agency hired to handle the operation. Sharpshooters, trained and hired by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, conducted the hunt.
The Baltimore Sun regrets the error.
The Baltimore City Department of Housing and Community Development is preparing to distribute about 800,000 meals to needy city children this summer, an increase of about 100,000 over last year. Mayor Sheila Dixon said hard economic times are causing more families to turn to the city for help feeding their children. City workers, nonprofit groups and churches distribute breakfasts and lunches five days a week to those younger than 18. The program costs the city $3 million and runs for 10 weeks while the public schools are out - from June 15 through Aug. 21. Information: 410-396-0773 or go to baltimorehousing.org/food.
- Annie Linskey
Loch Raven deer hunt yields bounty for Md. Food Bank
A deer hunt held this year at Loch Raven Reservoir netted more than 2,200 pounds of venison for the Maryland Food Bank. "This is a wonderful way to waste not, want not," said Nancy Smith, government relations liaison with the food bank. "It is so hard to get protein donated. We really utilized this meat." For the first time, Baltimore County allowed sharpshooters with rifles, who were hired by the Maryland Department of Agriculture, into the northern area of the watershed, where the unchecked deer population was destroying vegetation. The goal was to eliminate about 250 of the estimated 1,000 deer in the area. Carcasses were immediately taken to a processing plant, which prepared the meat for the food distributor. "We probably provided about 10,000 meals with this meat," said David Carroll, Baltimore County director of sustainability.
