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One man was killed and another seriously injured in a West Baltimore shooting Tuesday afternoon that was witnessed by plainclothes police officers, who were able to arrest at least two suspects, authorities said. The officers were in the 1500 block of W. Fayette St., in the Franklin Square neighborhood and a block from Franklin Square Elementary/Middle School, about 4:30 p.m. when they saw individuals fire into a vehicle, then climb into another vehicle and flee, said Agent Donny Moses, a police spokesman.

Baltimore police released the names yesterday of a man who was fatally shot Wednesday evening in West Baltimore and of a woman who was found fatally stabbed in a Brooklyn home Thursday. Agent Donny Moses, a police spokesman, said that officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 700 block of Brune St., about 8:20 p.m. Wednesday. Officers found Frederick Moore, 27, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was also found to be holding several small plastic bags of suspected crack cocaine in his mouth and an unspecified amount of cash in one of his pockets, Moses said.

Baltimore : Fatal crash Two die when car hits tractor-trailer Two Baltimore men were killed yesterday morning when the car in which they were riding crashed into a tractor-trailer in the 5100 block of Baltimore National Pike. When police arrived at the scene about 6 a.m., they found a 1999 Cadillac wedged underneath the rear of the tractor-trailer. Police said the driver and his passenger - whose names were not released - died upon impact with the tractor-trailer, which was stopped at a red light.

A cabdriver was fatally shot last night as he transported a passenger in Baltimore's Charles Village after a road rage incident on a nearby street, city police said. No arrest had been made late last night, and the nature of the argument was not known, said Agent Donny Moses, a city police spokesman. About 9 p.m., Northern District police received a call of a shooting in the 100 block of W. 28th St. between Maryland Avenue and North Howard Street, Moses said. "When police arrived, they found the driver of a Checker cab slumped in the driver's seat bleeding from a bullet wound to the head," Moses said.

An undercover police detective shot a 16-year-old boy in the shoulder early yesterday after the youth threatened officers with a gun, according to a city police spokesman. The boy is being treated at Johns Hopkins Hospital, said Agent Donny Moses. The teenager starting fleeing on a bicycle when approached by plainclothes officers about 1:40 a.m. at Jefferson Street and North Belnord Avenue in McElderry Park, Moses said. The officers chased him several blocks before he crashed his bike as they cornered him in the 2700 block of Jefferson St., Moses said.

A man was fatally shot in the head about 8:50 p.m. yesterday at a barbershop in the 1100 block of W. Baltimore St., a police spokesman said. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene, said the spokesman, Agent Donny Moses. The motive and number of suspects are unclear, he said.

A youth basketball coach was fatally shot outside a recreational center in North Baltimore Thursday night, police said. Darnell G. Gaither, 34, was getting into his car in front of the Walter P. Carter rec center in the 800 block of E. 43rd Street about 8:40 p.m. A car pulled alongside and someone inside opened fire before the gunman's vehicle sped away, said Agent Donny Moses, a police spokesman. Gaither was pronounced dead at Johns Hopkins Hospital about 9:10 p.m. Moses said Gaither was not robbed and that police knew of no motives or suspects.

Police identified a Northeast Baltimore man with a lengthy record as the driver of a sport utility vehicle that struck an officer Tuesday. Bernard Gough, 27, of the 1600 block of Heathfield Ave., was spotted driving a Ford Explorer and stopped by two plainclothes officers in a marked car in the 5500 block of Woodmont Ave, police said. The officers, who believed the SUV was stolen, identified themselves, but the driver sped off, police said. One officer, whom police have not identified, became caught in the vehicle and was dragged several hundred feet before firing his gun and grazing Gough in the neck, police said.

An off-duty Maryland Transit Administration police officer shot two juveniles yesterday morning after one pointed a gun at him in East Baltimore, according to police. The officer, an 11-year veteran of the force, was not injured in the incident. He is 47 years old, according to an MTA spokeswoman, but neither police nor the MTA officials named him. The officer, who was not in uniform, had just returned from a trip to a store about 3 a.m. and was smoking in front of his home in the 1600 block of N. Broadway when a green van drove by, said Agent Donny Moses, a Baltimore police spokesman.

Two men were shot and killed and another man wounded in unrelated incidents in Baltimore over the weekend, police said yesterday. The first victim was found about 11 p.m. Friday. Northwestern District police were responding to a report of a man shot inside a house in the 2900 block of Chelsea Terrace when they discovered Richard Lawson, 24, of that address, bleeding from at least one gunshot wound, police said. Lawson was taken by ambulance to Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly before midnight.

In the closing minutes of the first half against host Towson on Tuesday, No. 14 Loch Raven's Seth Moses collected a loose ball just outside the penalty area with his back to the goal, pushed it slightly into space and then fired a shot just under the crossbar. With a two-goal lead, Moses then moved to sweeper and made several crucial clearances as the Raiders held on for a 3-2 victory. Moses' versatility could be a huge factor as Loch Raven tries to advance to a state championship game for the sixth time in seven years.

A 20-year-old Rosedale man was shot in the head while sitting on a bicycle near a bus stop on Northern Parkway in Northeast Baltimore, one of two fatal shootings Friday, a city police spokesman said. Police Agent Donny Moses said the man, Trenton Marshall of the 2200 block of Bluegrass Heights Court, was transported by ambulance to Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. Authorities said the area where the shooting occurred, near McClean Boulevard and the Hamilton Shopping Center, was packed with students and others rushing to nearby shops or to a covered bus stop to escape a driving rainstorm.

Woman killed in Glen Burnie hit-and-run 2 A 60-year-old woman was killed in what police are calling a hit-and-run in Glen Burnie about 7 p.m. Saturday. The woman was hit at the intersection of Baltimore Annapolis Boulevard and Oak Lane. She was transported to Baltimore Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie, according to an Anne Arundel County fire department spokesman. Police are investigating the case and have no information on the driver. Police did not immediately release the victim's name.

The city's longest stretch of the year without a homicide was snapped when a 25-year-old man was killed Thursday afternoon after a gunman fired into the front window of his home. About 4:30 p.m., police said, a man approached a home in the 100 block of S. Highland Ave. in the Baltimore Highlands community and banged on the door. Donte Gunter came to the front window and was shot three times, according to Detective Donny Moses, a police spokesman. Officers responded to the area for a report of shots fired and saw three bullet holes in the window, Moses said.

A woman was killed Thursday afternoon in West Baltimore after her vehicle was struck by a man fleeing police in a stolen car, police said. Police said the crash occurred about 3:40 p.m. at North Calhoun and West Lexington streets. The front bumper of the woman's vehicle, a Nissan Sentra, marked the site of the collision, while the vehicles came to rest about 75 feet away. The Sentra lay on its side in a twisted heap next to the Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy School as crash investigators surveyed the scene.

A teenager died from a gunshot wound to the back Sunday afternoon after someone "opened fire without warning" in a West Baltimore neighborhood across from a recreation center and Gwynns Falls Park, police said. The 18-year-old male victim and a 47-year-old man, who suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to his left leg, were taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center. Police had been called to the 800 block of Allendale St. shortly after 1 p.m.; the teenager was pronounced dead at the hospital less than an hour later.

Teenage suspect arrested in fatal stabbing downtown 1 Baltimore police have arrested a 17-year-old suspect who they said stabbed a man in the chest as two groups fought in the 300 block of N. Paca St. early Saturday. The victim, whose identity was unknown, was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he was pronounced dead at 2:28 a.m., said Agent Donny Moses, a police spokesman. With the help of CitiWatch cameras, police distributed a description of the attacker and Oscar Skinner, of the 400 block Whitridge Ave. in Charles Village was apprehended moments after the 1:40 a.m. incident.

A pregnant woman and 2-year-old girl were among at least 12 people wounded Sunday night when one or more gunmen opened fire with a semiautomatic weapon at a backyard cookout in East Baltimore, said a city police spokesman. Police said they didn't know of a motive in the shootings, and no arrests were made immediately. Police spokesman Agent Donny Moses said there were no life-threatening injuries in the shootings, which occurred shortly before 9 p.m. in the 2600 block of Ashland Ave. in the Madison-East End community.

Moses "Bill" Belin Jr., a retired Army civilian employee who owned and operated a landscaping business, died of heart failure June 30 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Baltimore. The longtime Ashburton resident was 76. Mr. Belin, the son of farmers, was born and raised in Pamplico, S.C. He came to Baltimore in the 1950s and worked in Washington as a civilian driver for the Army for more than 30 years before retiring in 1984. For the past 20 years, Mr. Belin worked as a landscaper primarily in the city's Morgan Park neighborhood, family members said.

Henry "Sonny" Schloss, president of a Southwest Baltimore manufacturing plant who was prominent in Baltimore Zionist circles and assisted in the refitting of the ship that became the doomed Exodus in 1947, died July 1 of complications from Alzheimer's disease at the Arden Courts assisted-living facility in Pikesville. The longtime Pikesville resident was 86. Mr. Schloss, who was born in Baltimore and raised in the 2200 block of E. Baltimore St. near Patterson Park, attended city public schools.