Gunman

BALTIMORE Man fatally shot, gunman is wounded, police say A supervisor at a century-old Northwest Baltimore beverage company plant was fatally shot last night by a disgruntled laid-off employee who was shot and wounded moments later by police, authorities said. The employee - who had been laid off two months ago and was not identified by police - entered the H.R. Nicholson Co. plant in the 6300 block of Oakleaf Ave. about 7:45 p.m. and asked for Dennis Wilson, his former supervisor, police said.

There was a terrible incident on Mothers Day in New Orleans, where many people were injured at a parade by an addle-headed gunman ("19, including 2 kids, shot at New Orleans parade," May 13). As usual, many people witnessed the incident, but no one came forward to identify the gunman. The "stop snitching" mantra in is debilitating to the integrity of our inner cities. If allowed to go unchecked, that mind-set could very well be the demise of some of our cities. People have to come forward and identify the cowards who have turned some of our metropolises into shooting galleries.

A lone shooter was responsible for eight deaths Tuesday, and more than 100 law enforcement officials had him encircled last night in woods where they believe he is hiding, state police said. It was unclear what sparked the violence. The gunman also fired at a sheriff's deputy and a state police helicopter, which had to land with a ruptured fuel tank, said police spokeswoman Corrine Geller. No police were injured. The violence began shortly after noon when an injured man was found on a rural stretch of road.

The following is compiled from Howard County police reports.  Ellicott City Coventry Court Drive, 3300 block, between 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. April 29. Entry gained to residence by prying open basement door. Master bedroom ransacked. Jewelry stolen. St Johns Lane, 3300 block, 11:19 p.m. April 24. A juvenile male entered an abandoned residence by kicking in the door. While inside the house, the juvenile was confronted by three men wearing dark-colored hoodies and bandannas over their faces.

One man was taken to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center after being shot in Dundalk shortly after 1:30 p.m. Friday. Police said the victim and the shooter were walking in the 800 block of Old North Point Road, near Poplar Road, in Dundalk, when the gunman began to fire. The victim's condition is unknown. Police continue to search for the gunman. No additional details were available.

A man selling produce at a Westminster roadside stand was robbed at gunpoint Saturday afternoon, according to Carroll County Sheriff's Deputies. The employee with Kern's Produce had been selling produce from the back of his pick-up truck and was seated in the cab taking a break between customers when a man with a gun walked up to the passenger side of the vehicle parked in the 400 block of E. Main Street, deputies said. The man pressed a dark colored handgun against the man's neck while demanding money at about 1:20 p.m., deputies said.

Police in Anne Arundel County are searching for a 25-year-old man in connection with a double shooting early Saturday morning at a bar near Fort Meade in Odenton in which a bouncer and a bar patron were wounded. Raynard Leo Boston, of no fixed address, is wanted on a series of charges related to the shooting at the My Place Bar and Lounge, including attempted second-degree murder, county police said Tuesday. His whereabouts are unknown and he is potentially armed and dangerous, police said.

A gunman held up a 7-Eleven store Sunday morning in the 4000 block of Ritchie Highway in Brooklyn Park, Anne Arundel County police said. Police said they were called to the store around 5:05 a.m. Employees said a man with a handgun had come in and demanded cash, police said. The man took money from the cash register and ran toward Belle Grove Road, police said. The suspect was described as probably in his 20s, about 6 feet tall, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black work gloves and blue jeans, police said.

Police in Howard County were looking Thursday for a gunman who tried to hold up a Jiffy Lube station in Elkridge and fired a shot at fleeing employees. He missed and no one was injured. According to police, a man entered the business on the 6200 block of Washington Blvd. about 6:45 p.m. Wednesday, pointed a gun at an employee and demanded money. The employee ran out of the building through a back door. Police said the man then entered the garage and pointed the weapon at several other employees.

A man was taken to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center with serious injuries after a shooting at the platform of a Light Rail stop in Lutherville Friday afternoon, Baltimore County police said. Officers were called to the 100 block Ridgely Road at 4:15 p.m. A police dispatcher said the shooting occurred on the platform of the Light Rail station. Police have not made any arrests in the shooting. K -9 and aviation were at the scene with detectives Friday afternoon. Baltimore County Police said Saturday they are continuing to investigate the shooting.

An armed man in camoflauge jumped the counter of a post office in Fallston and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash on Saturday morning, according to the Harford County Sheriff's Office. The armed robbery, which occurred at the Benson post office about 11:30 a.m., came just hours after an attempted armed robbery of a bank about five miles away in southern Bel Air, according to the sheriff's office. At the post office in the 100 block of Connolly Road, a man wearing camoflauge and holding a handgun entered, announced a robbery and then jumped over a counter before taking the cash and fleeing on foot toward the 1800 block of Harford Road, the sheriff's office said.

A man was taken to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center with serious injuries after a shooting at the platform of a Light Rail stop in Lutherville Friday afternoon, Baltimore County police said. Officers were called to the 100 block Ridgely Road at 4:15 p.m. A police dispatcher said the shooting occurred on the platform of the Light Rail station. Police have not made any arrests in the shooting. K -9 and aviation were at the scene with detectives Friday afternoon. Baltimore County Police said Saturday they are continuing to investigate the shooting.

Police in Anne Arundel County are searching for a 25-year-old man in connection with a double shooting early Saturday morning at a bar near Fort Meade in Odenton in which a bouncer and a bar patron were wounded. Raynard Leo Boston, of no fixed address, is wanted on a series of charges related to the shooting at the My Place Bar and Lounge, including attempted second-degree murder, county police said Tuesday. His whereabouts are unknown and he is potentially armed and dangerous, police said.

As taken from the pages of The Aegis dated Thursday, January 24, 1963: The First Harford Federal Savings and Loan Association in Aberdeen was robbed by a lone armed gunman. Robert Shutt of Havre de Grace, the assistant secretary of the Association, was the victim of the holdup. Shutt was alone in the Bel Air Avenue building when a man walked in and pointed a gun at him. The robber said, "How would you like to give me all your money?" Shutt brought out all the cash in the cash drawers and placed it on the counter.

In his new thriller, "The Third Bullet," novelist Stephen Hunter sets his sights on an American tragedy that's also the most famous gun mystery of all time - the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The questions surrounding the shooting as JFK rode in a motorcade in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, have never been fully put to rest. And the controversy is certain to intensify as the 50th anniversary of the assassination approaches this fall. As the novelist tells it, the decision to enlist his fictitious super-sniper, Bob Lee Swagger, to determine whether the gunman acted alone or as part of a conspiracy began as a joke.

Maryland State Police Homicide officials on Tuesday said they have identified victims in Monday's triple shooting in Port Deposit that also left the suspected gunman injured. A statement issued Tuesday by the State Police said that one of the victims, Timothy S. Hammons, 48, of the 200 block of Craigstown Road in Port Deposit, suffered a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene. The second victim, Eileen L. Roland, 56, of the 2400 block of Philadelphia Road in Edgewood, suffered a gunshot wound and was flown to Maryland Shock Trauma Center by a State Police helicopter with life-threatening injuries.

A gunman robbed a Parole delicatessen Tuesday morning of an undisclosed amount of money, Anne Arundel County police said.The man walked into the Saucy Salamander Eatery in the 2300 block of Forest Drive about 9 a.m. He showed the clerk a gun he had in his waistband and ordered her to give him all the money from the cash register, police said.The man ran from the store toward Riva Road. The clerk was not able to get a detailed description of the gunman, police said.

The performance of some of the biggest media outlets in the country Friday would be laughable if the story they were covering wasn't so horrific and tragic: 20 children slaughtered in their classrooms at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. And for several hours, AP and network and cable TV news misidentified the gunman to millions of readers and viewers as Ryan Lanza. They linked to his Facebook page and ran pictures and information from his account on the air and in print.

A gunman shot a convenience store clerk during a robbery attempt early Monday in Halethorpe, Baltimore County police said. Officers responding to a report of a shooting at the Speedy Mart in the 3800 block of Hollins Ferry Road at 1:40 a.m. found the clerk with gunshot wounds to the upper and lower body, police said. He was taken to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he was treated and later released, police said. The gunman entered the store, displayed a handgun and demanded money from the clerk, police said.