Gunfire

An initiative by at least a dozen federal law enforcement agents in South Baltimore on Monday evening that led to several injuries and arrests also included an exchange of gunfire, which was not initially disclosed. Special Agent Clare A. Weber, a spokeswoman for the Baltimore field office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said the information about gunshots on Patapsco Avenue was initially withheld because of an internal investigation. Weber would not say why the ATF was in the 1000 block of W. Patapsco Ave., near Magnolia Avenue, late Monday afternoon and early evening.

A 17-year-old boy was shot in the back of the head inside a home in the Gwynn Oak area of Northwest Baltimore early on Wednesday morning, according to Baltimore Police. The teen, who has not been identified, was listed in critical condition at an area hospital on Wednesday, said Detective Angela Carter Watson, a police spokeswoman. Officers responded to a report of gunfire in the 4000 block of Eldorado Avenue, on the border between the city's Howard Park and Dorchester neighborhoods, just after midnight and located the injured teen inside a home.

Sounds of fake gunfire and clusters of police cars in downtown Annapolis on Wednesday will signal the start of an Annapolis police training program. Police said the exercise, in which department employees are to act as victims, is designed to simulate a shooter and injured people. The mock emergency is scheduled to start at 11 a.m. and run most of the day at the old Annapolis Recreation Center at 9 St. Mary's St., near the City Dock. The training will continue every Wednesday for seven weeks, police said.

A 29-year-old woman was shot in Baltimore's Penrose/Fayette Street Outreach neighborhood at 1 a.m., police said. The woman, who has not been identified, was standing in the 2100 block of Vine St. and told officers that she had head gunfire and then realized she had been shot, according to police. She was taken by a medic to a local hospital. The shooting capped an unusually torrid and violent week that left eight people wounded by gunfire overnight on Wednesday. Friday saw a woman, who police have yet to identifiy, killed by gunshots and two other people wounded.

Five people were shot in two bursts of gunfire in Baltimore on Tuesday night, according to Baltimore police. About 7:27 p.m., police were called to an area hospital for a report of two patients with gunshot wounds. They found a man and a woman, both shot. An investigation led police to determine both were shot in the 2100 block of Callow Avenue in the city's Reservoir Hill neighborhood, in the Central District, police said. About 9:20 p.m., police responded to the 2500 block of W. Lafayette Avenue in the city's Bridgeview/Greenlawn neighborhood, in the Western District, for a report of a shooting.

A 21-year-old woman who was inside her Northeast Baltimore home was struck by gunfire that came crashing through her patio door Monday evening, Baltimore police said. The shooting, which occurred in the 2200 block of Pinewood Ave., near the Mount Pleasant Golf Course, happened around 6 p.m., police said. The bullets grazed the woman in the back of her head and shoulder, police said. She was taken to an area hospital, where her condition is stable, police said. Investigators did not immediately have additional details to release, and could not say whether the victim was struck by a stray bullet or targeted.

One man was killed and another was wounded by gunfire overnight, Baltimore City police said Sunday morning. Police said officers responding Saturday to a 10:06 p.m. report of a shooting in the 2600 block of Kent Street found a 38-year-old man outside with multiple gunshot wounds. He died at 10:46 p.m. at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center and the shooting remains under investigation, police said. At around 2:45 a.m. Sunday, police responding to a call about a shooting in the 1700 block of Chilton Street in Northeast Baltimore discovered a 31-year-old man who had been shot in the groin area, police said.

A 14-year-old boy was shot and killed and an 18-year-old man wounded last night when someone fired into a large crowd on a West Baltimore street corner, city police said.Raheem Moore, 14, of the 700 block of W. Saratoga St. was pronounced dead at 7:10 p.m. in the back of an ambulance en route to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center. He had been shot twice in the chest in the 800 block of W. Lexington St., less than two blocks from his home.Investigators divulged few details of the shooting last night.

An article in The Sun Dec. 1 reported incorrectly the name and age of murder victim Elzie Wood, Jr., 39, who was fatally wounded Nov. 29 in the 700 block of E. 21st St.The Sun regrets the errors.For the second time this year, an East Baltimore neighborhood around 21st Street and Greenmount Avenue has been ravaged by drug dealers' gunfire -- this time leaving a bystander dead, two men injured, and bullets lodged in cars and buildings.The corner is just down the street from where 12 people were injured April 10 in a spray of gunfire after a heated craps game.

An auto theft suspect and a bystander were shot by city police in West Baltimore last night as police chased the suspect, armed with a .22-caliber handgun, through a residential neighborhood, according to police spokesman Robert W. Weinhold Jr.Both the suspect and the bystander were taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center last night. The suspect was in critical condition with wounds in the back and abdominal area and the bystander had leg wounds that were not life threatening, Weinhold said.

Police swarmed Towson University Friday after a report of gunfire on campus, but university officials soon said the report appeared to be false. A Baltimore County 911 call center received the report of a shooting in the 8000 block of York Road shortly after noon, a police spokeswoman said. At 12:19 p.m., the university tweeted about an "Unverified Report of Shooting" and advised students to "Shelter in place. " Officers converged on the university's Glen Garage on Cross Campus Drive near York Road, university spokeswoman Gay Pinder said, but no signs of a shooting were found.

The mother of a 10-year-old girl killed by celebratory gunfire in Cecil County on New Year's Eve is asking for stricter penalties for shooting guns into the air. Crystal Blackburn, the mother of Aaliyah Boyer, who was killed when Cecil County Sheriff's officials said a bullet fell from the sky and struck her on the top of her head, is calling on the public to sign a petition at aaliyahboyer.com. The "We the People" petition through the White House needs 100,000 signatures before it's forwarded to the president's administration for review.

The death of Aaliyah Boyer, a 10-year-old struck down in Cecil County, and the shooting of Laurie Eberhardt, a grandmother hit by gunfire in Florida, share the same perplexing challenge for prosecutors and investigators. Both were watching fireworks on New Year's Eve when they were hit by apparent celebratory gunfire. And both face long odds of having their shooters brought to justice because of the anonymity of the crime and weak laws against firing guns indiscriminately into the air. If authorities ever find the person who fired the shot that hit Aaliyah, the county's top prosecutor said, a misdemeanor charge might be the most he or she could face.

Two men, both 19, walked into a Baltimore hospital Thursday night with gunshot wounds. Police who responded to the hospital about 9:41 p.m. quickly determined both had been shot in the 5300 block of Lantern Court in the city's Westgate neighborhood, police said. Officers were actually on the scene, investigating reports of shots fired, when they were called to an area hospital. One victim was shot in the legs and the other sustained a graze wound to the arm. Baltimore police Det. Vernon Davis described the wounds as minor.

Five people were shot in two bursts of gunfire in Baltimore on Tuesday night, according to Baltimore police. About 7:27 p.m., police were called to an area hospital for a report of two patients with gunshot wounds. They found a man and a woman, both shot. An investigation led police to determine both were shot in the 2100 block of Callow Avenue in the city's Reservoir Hill neighborhood, in the Central District, police said. About 9:20 p.m., police responded to the 2500 block of W. Lafayette Avenue in the city's Bridgeview/Greenlawn neighborhood, in the Western District, for a report of a shooting.

One left the city to go to college and see the world with the Navy. The other refused to leave East Baltimore even after his mother moved south to make a better life for his siblings, instead staying to hang around on the corners. Alonzo Gladden, 24, and James Utley, 26, both died Wednesday night in separate incidents of gun violence in Baltimore, and though their fates were the same, their lives took distinctly different paths. In the end, two more young black men are dead in Baltimore.

The mother of a 10-year-old girl killed by celebratory gunfire in Cecil County on New Year's Eve is asking for stricter penalties for shooting guns into the air. Crystal Blackburn, the mother of Aaliyah Boyer, who was killed when Cecil County Sheriff's officials said a bullet fell from the sky and struck her on the top of her head, is calling on the public to sign a petition at aaliyahboyer.com. The "We the People" petition through the White House needs 100,000 signatures before it's forwarded to the president's administration for review.

Teresa and Joseph Streb moved from Rosedale to rural White Marsh a little more than a year ago in search of relative quiet. They found the sound of gunfire."

A man was shot in the arm and upper body by a Baltimore police officer in the 3000 block of Spaulding Ave. in Northwest Baltimore on Tuesday night after firing at the officer while trying to flee the scene of earlier gunfire, according to police. The man, who was not immediately identified, was listed in serious but stable condition at an area hospital late Tuesday, police said. His injuries were not considered life-threatening. Officers with the Violent Crime Impact Section, which routinely patrols that area near Pimlico Race Course , responded to the scene about 9 p.m. after hearing gunfire, said Anthony Guglielmi, a police spokesman.