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A city police officer shot a woman yesterday after she allegedly stabbed him in the back in what investigators called an unprovoked attack witnessed by a dozen people at a West Baltimore grocery store.The wounded officer, 28-year-old Jay Harris, tended to his attacker's injuries until an ambulance arrived, police spokesman Robert W. Weinhold Jr. said. He was expected to be released last night from Maryland Shock Trauma Center.Police closed the Stop, Shop & Save Food Market in the 1100 block of Pennsylvania Ave. for about three hours as they investigated.

A motorcyclist who Baltimore police said was speeding on West Cold Spring Lane was killed yesterday when he collided with a sport utility vehicle.It was the third traffic fatality in the Baltimore area yesterday. One in Baltimore County was attributed to alcohol and the other occurred in Howard County, where a pedestrian was struck by a pickup truck, authorities said.Sgt. Paul Davis, a Baltimore traffic investigator, said a motorcyclist was speeding in the first block of W. Cold Spring Lane west of North Charles Street about 1: 37 p.m. when he ran into the right front fender of a Toyota 4-Runner, whose driver was turning left into Guilford Towers apartments.

Robert Dwayne Harris, on trial in the murder of his fiancee in a secluded Violetville parking lot, told a Baltimore jury yesterday that he did not hire a hit man to kill Teresa Lynn McLeod but stood by "scared to death" while she was shot by a robber.Wearing a gray suit and blue shirt, Harris, 24, spoke dispassionately during most of his 2 1/2 hours on the stand. On a couple of occasions, he appeared to tear up as he spoke about his fiancee and dabbed at his eyes with a tissue."I was a mess, I was crying," he told the jury, describing how he reacted when he heard McLeod had died.

New positionsDeveloping Business hires Nevin as administratorDeveloping Business Network Inc., a support consulting company for home-based and just-starting companies, announced that Kelli B. Nevin has been selected as director of administration.She will develop and implement company policy relating to the Internet and the World Wide Web.Before joining the Baltimore firm, the Mount St. Mary's College (Emmitsburg) business graduate was controller and director of human resources for the National Association of State Aviation Officials.

VIENNA, Austria -- When fear stalks the streets of Vienna, Bernhard Lampl's little gun shop is there to calm frazzled nerves. His offerings include the Glock 17, the locally made semiautomatic handgun that is light, durable, easy to operate and fits nicely into just about any bedside table.Mr. Lampl will gladly sell one to any Austrian adult. After a five-week wait, of course. Provided the customer doesn't have a criminal record. Limit: two per person. And unless the buyer already owns two handguns, in which case, he has to trade one in for every Glock.

Jeaneen Marine always carries with her a memento of her first encounter with a handgun.It is a .40-caliber slug embedded a hair's breadth from her spine. Doctors say it would be too risky to remove it, though she never forgets for a minute that it is there."Constant pain," says Ms. Marine, 18. "Like an ache, in my back and my leg."It has been there since one night in August 1992 when she was standing four doors up from her home on McCabe Avenue in North Baltimore, chatting with a neighbor.

WARNING: This is not a funny column.I am on a crowded bus and I'm on my way to New York to visit my friend Noodly, but I may not get there.Everyone on the bus is staring at me -- they think they're better than I am -- but I am better than they are because underneath my coat I have a semiautomatic, and if they don't stop staring at me they are going to know who I am.I bought the Glock 17 at a gun shop in Virginia.A nice guy sold it to me for $300 instead of the ticket price, which was $550.

Gun storyThe front page article April 10, tracing a single handgun's history, makes a couple of points abundantly clear. Efforts to arrest, convict and punish those who use handguns in the commission of crimes are pursued with little enthusiasm and meet with even less success.Also, it seems the city has more guns than criminals in custody, and The Baltimore Sun has completed the transfer of the guilt, blame and responsibility for the crime to these inanimate, inert objects.Listen to yourself, Sun!

A reported attack on an Essex woman by her 33-year-old boyfriend was ended last night when he was shot to death by her son, Baltimore County police reported.Police said the woman was taking a shower after an argument with the man when he entered the first-floor bathroom and began choking her.The violence occurred at the woman's home in the 600 block of Delaware Ave. None of the people was immediately identified.Police said the woman's 23-year-old son was in his second-floor room when he heard the commotion, retrieved a 9mm Glock semi-automatic handgun, and went downstairs to find the man choking his mother.

Brian Glock didn't have a clue he'd be pole vaulting when he enteredMeade High School as a freshman.After being cut from the Mustangs' junior varsity baseball team that spring, Glock wandered over to the school's track to take a swing at the mile run."I wanted to be a miler, and not being famous for listening or paying much attention, I just followed a group out onto the track," thesenior explained. "When I got down there, I knew a couple of the pole vaulters, and I said, 'Let me try.'"I was a little husky at thetime, and one of them said, 'Don't you think you're a little bit big?

An Anne Arundel County woman pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to fraud and identity theft after using a Garrett County woman's credit cards and identification to buy jewelry and prescription painkillers in 11 states, according to the office of the U.S. Attorney for Maryland. Belinda Marie Glock, 33, of Edgewater could face life in prison for aggravated identity theft. She also pleaded guilty to credit card fraud. According to the plea, a McHenry woman lost her wallet in a Garrett County grocery store in November.

BLACKSBURG, Va. -- The first shots came soon after sunrise. The killer walked from room to room in West Ambler Johnston Hall, a freshman dormitory on the south side of Virginia Tech's campus, and seemed to be searching for an acquaintance before he shot and killed two students, witnesses said. Police started picking through the grisly fourth-floor scene soon after the first 911 call at 7:15 a.m., then rushed with weapons drawn toward nearby Cassell Coliseum, apparently thinking the suspect was there.

On August 20, 2005, CHARLES GLOCK; beloved husband of Lillian "Pat" (nee Neumann) Glock; devoted father of Dianne G. Sestero and her husband Todd, Charles John Glock, Donna M. Spigler and her husband Michael, and Jeffrey Douglas Glock; cherished grandfather of Chelsey Marie Spigler. Also survived by dear brother Albert R. Glock, sister Mary G. Hyman sisters-in-law Johanna Seymour, Joy Neumann and Helen Glock, and brother-in-law Norman Neumann, and their families. He will also be missed by numerous nieces, nephews and cousins, as well as friends and former business associates.

On August 20, 2005, CHARLES GLOCK; beloved husband of Lillian "Pat" (nee Neumann) Glock; devoted father of Dianne G. Sestero and her husband Todd, Charles John Glock, Donna M. Spigler and her husband Michael, and Jeffrey Douglas Glock; cherished grandfather of Chelsey Marie Spigler. Also survived by dear brother Albert R. Glock, sister Mary G. Hyman sisters-in-law Johanna Seymour, Joy Neumann and Helen Glock, and brother-in-law Norman Neumann, and their families. He will also be missed by numerous nieces, nephews and cousins, as well as friends and former business associates.

On August 20, 2005, CHARLES GLOCK; beloved husband of Lillian "Pat" (nee Neumann) Glock; devoted father of Dianne G. Sestero and her husband Todd, Charles John Glock, Donna M. Spigler and her husband Michael, and Jeffrey Douglas Glock; cherished grandfather of Chelsey Marie Spigler. Also survived by dear brother Albert R. Glock, sister Mary G. Hyman sisters-in-law Johanna Seymour, Joy Neumann and Helen Glock, and brother-in-law Norman Neumann, and their families. He will also be missed by numerous nieces, nephews and cousins, as well as friends and former business associates.

On June 5, 2005, ROGER G., beloved son of the late Mildred and Charles Glock; devoted brother of Charles W. Glock and his wife Grace. Also survived by his niece Katherine Raker and nephews Jeff, Tim and Greg Glock and many other nieces and nephews. A Funeral Services will be held at the E. F. Lassahn Funeral Home, P.A., 11750 Belair Road (Kingsville), on Wednesday, at 11 A.M. The family will receive friends Tuesday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. Interment Bel Air Memorial Gardens. Contributions may be made to ARC Northern Chesapeake Region, 1413 Philadelphia Road, Aberdeen, MD 21001.

After listening to five days of testimony, jurors in the trial of a Randallstown High School student charged in the May shooting at the school are scheduled to hear lawyers' closing arguments today before beginning their deliberations. Matthew Timothy McCullough, who turned 18 over the weekend, is facing four charges of attempted first-degree murder and 12 lesser charges. He is accused of shooting into a crowd of students outside Randallstown High on May 7 as a charity basketball game was letting out. Four students were injured in the shootings, including William "Tippa" Thomas III, who was shot in the neck, back and lung and remains paralyzed from the stomach down.

On October 31, 2004 RAYMOND A. DYPSKI, loving brother of Lawrence Dypski, Theresa Posko and Cornell Dypski. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Dear friend of Raymond Glock. Visitation will take place at Kaczorowski Funeral Home, P.A., 1201 Dundalk Avenue on Wednesday and Thursday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. A Funeral Mass will take place on Friday 10 a.m. at St. Casimir's Church. Interment to follow at St. Stanislaus Cemetery.

On June 2, 2004, ZOE QUINNFRANCIS, age 4; cherished daughter of Sean and Amy Francis; dear sister of Rocco Francis; beloved granddaughter of Donald and Grace Di Rocco and James E. and Alison Francis; dear niece of Daniel and Joel Allen; loving great-granddaughter of Dorothy Mc Colgan, Lois Di Rocco and John Quinn. Also survived by many loving friends and family. Funeral from the Gregory J. Gonce Funeral Home, P.A., 169 Riviera Drive, Pasadena, on Monday, 11:30 A.M. Mass of Christian Burial in St. Jane Frances Church at 12 noon.

A Baltimore police officer accidentally shot himself in the leg yesterday while unloading his service weapon, police said. Detective Mark E. Classing was in the department's evidence control unit at headquarters about 10:30 a.m., clearing his .40-caliber Glock handgun of live rounds when it discharged, grazing him below the left knee. He was taken to Mercy Medical Center. The shooting was under investigation.