Man charged after truck hits car, bursts into flames
Anne Arundel County police charged a driver with leaving the scene of an accident and other traffic violations Sunday after authorities said his pickup truck hit a car and burst into flames in Pasadena. James Arthur Keedy III, 20, of the 100 block of Litton Dale Lane in Pasadena was driving a 1999 Chevrolet Silverado that ran a stop sign shortly before 6:45 p.m. and collided with a Toyota Avalon at Armstrong Drive and Ullman Road, police said. Keedy left the scene on foot, and the truck caught on fire and ignited a tree and yard, according to police. Firefighters extinguished the blaze before it spread to a nearby house, and emergency workers treated three occupants of the Toyota for minor injuries, police said. About 45 minutes after the accident, officers found Keedy in nearby woods. He was charged with 15 traffic violations, police said.
- Andrea F. Siegel
Man, 31, found fatally shot on West Baltimore street
A 31-year-old man was pronounced dead early Monday after a shooting in West Baltimore, city police said. No arrest had been made and the motive was unknown. An officer responding to reports of shots fired in the 500 block of Presstman St. found the man, identified as Durrell Neal of the 3100 block of Windsor Ave., lying in the street with multiple gunshot wounds to the head and chest, police said. Neal was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:05 a.m. There have been nine killings reported by city police over the past six days. Metro Crime Stoppers at 410-276-8888 is offering a reward of up to $2,000 for information leading to an arrest and an indictment in the slaying.
- Liz F. Kay and Richard Irwin
Police identify victims in two shooting incidents
City police identified Monday two men fatally shot in separate and apparently unrelated incidents Thursday and Sunday. Police said Alvin Alston, 45, of the 4500 block of Garden Drive in Northwest Baltimore was shot in broad daylight about noon Sunday near Reisterstown Road and West Cold Spring Lane and was pronounced dead at the scene. Police were seeking the driver of a gray Jeep who exited the vehicle, walked up to Alston and shot him at least once in the head before driving away. In the other fatal shooting, police identified Kenneth Burley Jr., 17, of the 700 block of Lyndhurst St. in West Baltimore as one of three young men shot about 8:45 p.m. Thursday in the 500 block of Radnor Ave. in Govans. Burley was shot in the head and died a short time later at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The other victims in the triple-shooting survived. No arrests had been made in either of the incidents.
- Richard Irwin
