Homicide

Baltimore City police are investigating the shooting death of a man that occurred Wednesday evening. Police said that around 6:45 p.m., a 29-year-old man was shot multiple times in the torso in the 500 block of Chateau Avenue. The man, whose identity was not released by police, was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later, according to a police spokesman. Homicide detectives are investigating. No further information was available Wednesday night.

As officers lingered outside his Northwest Baltimore home for three hours, Anthony Todd was busy inside trying to cover up evidence of a marijuana-growing operation, police say. His pants had fresh dirt on them from squeezing through a crawl space to hide what police say was a pound of loose marijuana, and he told officers he had spent the time before they entered the home tearing apart the marijuana plants and flushing them down the toilet....

A woman and a Pitbull found dead in her Davidsonville home were both stabbed multiple times and her death has been ruled a homicide, Anne Arundel County police said. Two people found the body of Nicole C. Burgess, 37, in the 3300 block of Royale Glen Court around 11:30 a.m. on Mar. 22, police said. The medical examiner's office determined that Burgess and the dog both died of multiple stab wounds, according to police. Detectives believe the deaths are related but have no motive for the crimes and did not know whether it was a targeted or random attack, police said.

Baltimore Police have identified three recent homicide victims, and are asking for the public's help in solving the cases.  Recent days have seen a burst of violence with 11 people shot between Tuesday and Wednesday night. The fatal victims were identified as: -Montel Gresham, 19, was fatally shot in the 3100 block of Cliftmont Ave on Monday night.  -Robert Tucker, 25, was fatally shot in the 1600 Cliftview Dr. early Wednesday morning. -Xaiver Lewis, 25, was fatally shot in the 2800 Ashland Ave. on Wednesday night.  Police were asking anyone with information to call detectives at 410-396-2100.  #sigshell { float: left; width: 320px; height: 52px; margin: 20px 0px; display: block; }

Baltimore has surpassed its 2008 homicide total with days to go in 2009. On the heels of three fatal shootings Saturday night, police reported two additional killings Monday: An East Baltimore man shot in his home Tuesday died over the weekend at an area hospital, and police said the remains found in an East Baltimore rowhouse in October 2008 are those of a woman who was strangled. The killings bring the city total to 235, one more than the number recorded in 2008. Last year's figure represented a 20-year low. Though killings are up, police statistics show total shootings are down more than 20 percent, as nonfatal shootings have dropped by more than 125. Harrison Butler, 44, of the 700 block of N. Linwood Ave. was shot in the head about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday by an unknown assailant and was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he was placed on life support, said homicide detective Roscoe Lewis.

Maryland's medical examiner has determined that the Feb. 27 death of an Ellicott City quadriplegic was a homicide. An investigation is continuing. According to a statement this week from the Howard County police department, a final autopsy report from the medical examiner ruled that the death of Kevin Patrick Molony, 51, of Ellicott City, was a homicide by an overdose of oxycodone, a prescription painkiller. Molony was paralyzed in a car accident in 2007 and was living in the 4000 block of Chariots Flight Way, under the care of family members and nurses.

Baltimore police have arrested a 19-year-old in the Saturday homicide on the 200 block of N. Kenwood Ave., the department has reported on Twitter. Arrested Saturday was Jermaine Holley. Earlier, police reported an adult male had suffered a "severe head inury" during an aggravated assault at 2:25 a.m. Saturday in the 200 block of N. Kenwood Ave. Homicide detectives were notified.

Anne Arundel County police said they are investigating a suspected homicide in the western part of the county. The body of a man believed to be 22 years old was found early Monday morning near Route 198 and Red Clay Road, police said. Further information was unavailable.

A man was found fatally shot in a parked car Wednesday night in Milford Mill, police said. Ernest Bo Gales, 21, was found unresponsive in a parked car in the 8100 block of Salt Lake Drive about 10:30 p.m., Baltimore County police spokeswoman Elise Armacost said in statements Thursday and Friday. Gales, who lived on the 3300 block of Northmont Road in Pikesville, had been shot several times, she said. Gales was found by the person whose parking spot he had taken, said Armacost.

An argument between two men in the New Southwest/Mount Clare neighborhood last night ended in one of them being struck in the face and later dying, and police are investigating the incident as a suspected homicide this morning. Around 6:45 p.m., officers responded to a reported assault on the 400 block of South Vincent Street. Upon arriving, they found a 46-year-old man lying on the sidewalk. According to police, the man got into an argument with another man and was struck in the face.