Gunman

A Colorado resident attending an aeronautical convention here was shot in the face last night during a robbery on a downtown street, police said.Detective Donny Bradshaw said Albert Nemes and Gary Geyer, residents of Littleton, Colo., were walking in the 100 block of N. Charles St. about 9: 45 p.m., when they were confronted by a gunman who demanded money.Bradshaw said Nemes gave his money to the gunman, who then shot him in the face. Bradshaw said Nemes was treated for a graze wound at the University of Maryland Medical Center.

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.

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes in Baltimore and Baltimore County.Southern DistrictRobbery try/shooting: A man was talking on a pay phone about 7 p.m. yesterday in the 1600 block of Plum St. when a gunman approached and demanded his money. When the victim refused, the gunman shot him in the chest and fled. The victim drove himself to Harbor Hospital Center, where he was in stable condition.Theft: A bike valued at $1,000 was stolen Wednesday from the rear of a pickup truck parked in the 1000 block of S. Charles St.Southwestern DistrictStolen car: A blue 1991 Ford station wagon with tags EBP 451 was stolen Wednesday in the 400 block of Colleen Ave.Western DistrictRobbery: Shortly after a 65-year-old motorist picked up another man in the 2500 block of W. Franklin St. about 8 p.m. Wednesday, the passenger pulled out a handgun and robbed the driver of $23.Northwestern DistrictRobbery: A woman was in the 4400 block of Wentworth Ave. about 8 p.m. Wednesday when a gunman robbed her of a purse containing cash and property, all of unknown value.

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 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.

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.

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 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.

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.