Fatal Shooting

The suspect whom Annapolis police had been seeking for months in the killing of a man outside an American Legion hall last year has surrendered. Shawn Eric Woodlin, 30, turned himself in late Monday night. Police had been looking for Woodlin since Aug. 29, when he became a suspect in the fatal shooting of Annapolis resident Howard Eugene Stevens, 36, that night in the American Legion's parking lot off Forest Drive. "We really looked very hard for him," said Annapolis police spokesman Hal Dalton.

Baltimore Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a man found in a vehicle in Northwest Baltimore on Saturday morning. Officers went to the 2500 block of Chelsea Terrace, which is off of Gwynns Falls Parkway, on Saturday about 3:15 a.m. for a report of a car accident, police said. They found a man inside a vehicle. He was suffering from at least one gunshot wound, they said. The man was taken to Sinai Hospital, where he later died. alisonk@baltsun.com twitter.com

SALISBURY - Police are seeking information about the shooting death of a Salisbury man. Twenty-two-year-old Gregory Wright was fatally shot Friday night inside his home on East Booth Street. State police say Wright was sitting in the living room when two men walked in the front door. One of them was armed with a handgun and shot Wright several times. The men left and took the gun with them. Wright's girlfriend, his girlfriend's mother and the mother's two other children were home at the time and were not injured.

Baltimore City Police say they believe road rage may have been the reason behind a fatal shooting overnight in the city. Police said that at about 2:55 a.m., they responded to the 2800 block of Erdman Avenue for a report of a shooting, and found an adult black male with multiple gun shot wounds. The victim was transported to an area hospital, where he was pronounced at 3:17 a.m. Police did not release the victim's identity, and also had no immediate information on a suspect. However, they said they believe the incident may have been the result of road rage.

City police have made an arrest in a double-shooting Wednesday that killed a 31-year-old man - charging a 19-year-old man who relatives say was part of a youth mentoring program the victim worked with.  Antomar Jones has been charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder for the shooting in the 5700 block of Nasco Place that killed Corey Jamal Alexander and injured a second 31-year-old man. Police say Jones was in the backseat of a...

Prince George's County police have arrested a Fort Washington man in the fatal shooting of his nephew. The killing occurred about 3 a.m. Sunday. Police responded to a report of a shooting on Loughran Road and found 28-year-old Stephan Osborne of Hyattsville suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Osborne's uncle, 46-year-old Kris Jones, was arrested at the scene and charged with second-degree murder. Police say the shooting stemmed from a personal dispute between the two men. Jones is being held without bond.

City detectives are investigating two overnight shootings that left one man dead in Oliver and another man wounded in Upton, the Baltimore Police Department said. About 11:46 p.m. Thursday, officers were dispatched to the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Pitcher Street in Upton for a report of a shooting and found a man wounded at the scene. The location, west of Maryland General Hospital, is in the police department's Central District but is not far from some of West Baltimore's most violent neighborhoods this year.

Baltimore City police are investigating a fatal shooting in the 200 block of N. Smallwood St. overnight. Police said officers arrived at Bon Secours Hospital at 12:48 a.m. Sunday after they received a report of a shooting. They found Dayon Barnes, 27, receiving treatment for multiple gunshot wounds, police said. Due to the severity of his injuries, Barnes was transferred to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he died at 1:48 a.m., police said. Detectives believe that Barnes was sitting in a car in the 200 block of N. Smallwood St., in the Penrose/Fayette Street Outreach area, when he was shot.

Annapolis police have released the names of a shooting victim and two men who died of suspected drug overdoses on Sunday, all three of whom appeared to be from Calvert County. Police believe John Donnel Ray, 32, of the 4600 block of Rolling Hill Road, Huntingtown, was shot in his car in the 200 block of Victor Parkway, according to Detective Richard Truitt. He was found dead in the vehicle. He said detectives think there may be witnesses to the crime. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Charles Bealefeld at 443-986-5561.

Two officers have been given awards for valor by the Baltimore County Police Foundation for their role in an incident in which one shot and killed a Texas man allegedly involved in a Dundalk burglary. North Point Precinct officers Jacob T. Heins, a 12-year veteran, and Phillip G. Twisdale, with six years on the force, have returned to their jobs after county prosecutors declined to charge them in the incident that killed 22-year-old Joshua Michael Lopez. Both were hailed at an awards dinner in Hunt Valley "for their bravery and heroism during a life or death struggle," according to the program of the Tuesday event held by the foundation.

City detectives are investigating two overnight shootings that left one man dead in Oliver and another man wounded in Upton, the Baltimore Police Department said. About 11:46 p.m. Thursday, officers were dispatched to the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Pitcher Street in Upton for a report of a shooting and found a man wounded at the scene. The location, west of Maryland General Hospital, is in the police department's Central District but is not far from some of West Baltimore's most violent neighborhoods this year.

Baltimore police are investigating six separate homicides that occurred over the weekend, a burst of violence in a city that had logged 29 homicides in 2013 before that point. About 12:30 a.m. Monday, police responded for reports of a shooting in the 2800 block of Mosher Street and found an unresponsive male victim suffering from a gunshot wound to the torso, police said. The victim, who has not yet been identified and whose age was not available, was transported to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he was pronounced dead just after 1 a.m. Police, who are still investigating and working to identify the victim, determined the scene of the shooting was the 2900 block of Mosher.

Note: Due to a clerical error in the court record, an earlier version of this story provided incorrect information regarding the sentence issued. It has been corrected here. A Baltimore man was sentenced Monday to serve a day shy of nine years in prison for killing his half-brother in the parking lot of a Glen Burnie restaurant. Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Paul A. Hackner imposed a 10-year sentence on Cornelius K. Johnson and suspended one year and a day of it, according to court records.

A 28-year-old man was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder in the Dec. 30 fatal shooting of 31-year-old Sir Keith English Queen Jones, according to Anne Arundel County police said. Police said Carroll Leon Johnson, 28, of no fixed address, was arrested around 7 a.m. Tuesday near Oak Manor Drive in Glen Burnie. Court records indicate Johnson was ordered held without bail. Police had been called to the parking lot of Dietrich's Tavern in Glen Burnie around 5:21 p.m. Dec. 30 for a shooting, and found Jones suffering from gunshot wounds.

Homicide detectives are investigating a shooting in West Baltimore that occurred about 7 p.m. Monday, potentially the first fatal shooting in more than a week in the city. The victim, a man who has not yet been identified, was shot in the jaw and leg and was in critical condition, city police said. The shooting was in the 1100 block of N. Stricker Street in the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood. There have been no fatal shootings in the city since Feb. 3, when two people were killed.

A 23-year-old man was robbed and shot early Sunday while leaving his job in northeast Baltimore, according to Baltimore city police. Police said the incident occurred shortly after 4 a.m. in the 3000 block Fleetwood Road, where the victim was approached by two unidentified suspects, who were armed with a handgun. The suspects took the victim's possessions, then shot him in the shoulder and face before fleeing, police said. The victim was taken to a local hospital, police said.