Shooter

Shame on The Sun for its recent article on a victim, Tyrone Brown, the ex-Marine who served his country and received a honorable discharge ("Haunted by violence," March 23). The reporter twisted the story to make him seem like the shooter. He was unarmed when he was assassinated by off-duty Baltimore Police Officer Gahiji Tshamba. Mr. Brown's story didn't need to be placed on the front page. The question remains how many more loose cannons are there in the city's police department?

Authorities say they are continuing to investigate a student murder-suicide this year just off the University of Maryland, College Park campus, a revelation that comes a month after the case was declared closed. Detectives are not looking for additional suspects but are seeking background information on the alleged shooter, Dayvon Green. They are also awaiting responses to subpoenas in the case, according to a Prince George's County police spokesman. A department attorney, Jamar Herry, cited the inquiry as a reason not to provide a copy of the case file requested by The Baltimore Sun through the Maryland Public Information Act. Police would not say who or what was subpoenaed, or what information police are looking to find on Green.

Blaming the National Rifle Association when guns are used in criminal deaths as Dan Rodricks did in his recent column ("Adapting to the newest form of gun insanity," July 24) is like blaming the Alcohol Beverage Industry Association when a drunk driver kills someone. Or blaming the American Medical Association when a doctor causes an unnecessary death. The sole blame for the mass murders in Aurora, Colo., is squarely on the perpetrator for his very evil deeds. Ron Wirsing, Havre de Grace

Dayvon Green was impaired by alcohol when he pulled a handgun out of his waistband in front of his College Park home early on a February morning and shot roommate Stephen Rane to death, according to autopsy reports released Thursday. Green, a graduate student at the University of Maryland, also wounded roommate Neal Oa before putting the gun to the back of his head, behind his right ear, and pulling the trigger, according to the reports. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner released the reports on Rane and Green after Prince George's County police and prosecutors confirmed that they had closed their investigation into the killings that shook the state's flagship university and led officials to direct more money toward mental health services for students.

Activision announced a   new   first - person   shooter based on AMC's hit show "The Walking Dead" to be released sometime next year. Telltale Games has done a fantastic job spinning off the show and comic book's universe into an episodic adventure game, so it only seems natural that someone would try their hand at the action-packed moments of the series. The game is based more on the show than the comic, and takes place before the events of the first season, focusing in on brothers Darryl and Merle Dixon.

City police are seeking the public's help in identifying the person who fatally shot a man late yesterday afternoon in East Baltimore. The victim, whose name was being withheld pending notification of family members, was standing in the 1600 block of E. Biddle St. near Broadway shortly after 5 p.m. when he was shot at least once by an unknown assailant, police said. The victim died less than an hour later at Johns Hopkins Hospital, police said. Metro Crime Stoppers, at 410-276-8888, is offering a reward of up to $2,000 for information leading to an arrest and indictment in the slaying.

LANDOVER -- The 7,300 fans who came to USAir Arena last night for the third annual Washington Capitals Skills Competition cheered mightily, trying to encourage the Capitals shooters to excel on the hardest shot.But it was Washington Redskins place-kicker Chip Lohmiller, hitting the puck a whopping 94.3 mph, who walked off the winner."That's a little embarrassing," said Washington defenseman Calle Johansson. "But he's a big, strong guy."The Capitals' hardest shooter was Jason Woolley at 94.1 mph.Defenseman Sylvain Cote won fastest skater, completing the circuit in 13.715 seconds.

Pedro Garcia, a silver medalist shooter from Peru identified yesterday as the third Pan American Games athlete who failed a doping test, apparently was using a performance-enhancing drug.Garcia's urine sample contained traces of the drug propranolol, a medication for pulse regulation that slows the heartbeat. Shooters sometimes use such illegal substances, known as beta-blockers, to calm them and help their aim.In the book "Drugs and the Athlete," propranolol is listed as a therapeutic drug that "may both control migraine headaches and improve hand steadiness in riflery."

After three weeks of standoff, broken only by each new shooting, Washington-area police and the serial sniper they are hunting have abruptly moved into an elaborate, high-stakes negotiation. Montgomery County police Chief Charles A. Moose pleaded with the mysterious shooter last night to contact police directly, promising in a televised address at midnight: "Our word is our bond. "Let's talk directly," Moose said. "We have an answer for you about your option. We're waiting for you to contact us."

Sewell Allen Brown Jr., a sporting goods business owner and champion trap shooter, died Monday of a heart attack at Sinai Hospital. He was 80 and lived in Lutherville. Until his retirement about 20 years ago, he was president of National Sporting Goods Co. in downtown Baltimore. He also was chairman of the board of Belt's Corp. a warehouse operation with historic ties to the Southeast Baltimore waterfront. Formerly Belt's Wharf Warehouses, at Fell and Wolfe streets in Fells Point, the warehouses, which began in 1845, stored coffee, sugar and canned meats.

The search warrant for the home of Adam Lanza , who went on a murderous pre-Christmas rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., included some chilling items, including a New York Times articla about a 2008 school shooting. It also mentioned some books, which could have been Adam's or his mother's. Here's the list: -- "Train Your Brain to Get Happy" (with pages tabbed down) -- "Look Me in the Eye -- My Life with Asberger's" -- "Born on a Blue Day -- Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant" -- "NRA Guide to the Basics of Pistol Shooting"

A Baltimore County jury convicted a man Wednesday of murder in the gang shooting that rocked Towson Town Center mall at the height of the Christmas shopping rush two years ago. Tyrone Chester Brown Jr., 21, was found guilty of first-degree murder for killing Rodney Pridget in a retaliatory shooting that was to help Brown gain entry to the Black Guerrilla Family gang, State's Attorney Scott Shellenberger said. He faces life in prison without parole when he is sentenced on May 7. "We feel justice has been served," said William Pridgen, Pridget's uncle.

Jury deliberations began Tuesday in the trial of a 21-year-old charged with gunning down a teen outside the Towson Town Center Mall just days before Christmas in 2011. Prosecutors say Tyrone Chester Brown Jr., 21, of Baltimore shot and killed Rodney Pridget as an initiation into the Black Guerrilla Family gang. They said Pridget and his girlfriend were followed by another member through the mall on Dec. 19 before he was shot six times. "That was a man who was on a mission and knew what he was going to do," said Deputy State's Attorney Robin Coffin.

With no thanks to the Democratic state senator who represents the area, the Baltimore County community of Perry Hall is safer from gun violence than it was six months ago. We can say that much. Sen. Kathy Klausmeier might have voted against the important gun control bill that her colleagues in the Maryland Senate passed on Thursday, but Bobby Gladden has gone to prison, and that means his former fellow students at Perry Hall High won't have to worry about seeing him with a gun in the cafeteria again.

In the recent article "Perry Hall Shooter gets 35 Years" (Feb. 25) I ask myself, what was Judge Robert E. Cahill Jr. thinking? Trying a troubled 15-year-old boy who made a very bad choice as an adult instead of placing him in the juvenile court system where he would receive the psychiatric help he needs, is a total travesty of justice. Judge Robert Cahill is sending this child to adult prison for 35 years, which is far beyond the legal guidelines. I hope there is enough public outrage to appeal this unreasonable sentence.

After an emotional day of testimony, Robert W. Gladden Jr., the 15-year-old charged in the Perry Hall High School cafeteria shooting, was sentenced Monday to 35 years in prison. Baltimore County Circuit Judge Robert E. Cahill Jr. went beyond state sentencing guidelines to put Gladden away until he is at least 50 years old, citing continued fear in Perry Hall along with a national concern for school safety that has grown stronger since the Newtown, Conn. school massacre. Kathleen Watkins, a school administrator, told the court that the school is still working to get past the shooting that injured Daniel Borowy, a 17-year-old special needs student, on the first day of school.

Beauty always comes at a price. Case in point: Ubisoft's new PC title, Far Cry ($39; suitable for ages 17 and older). This first-person shooter is set on a lush, tropical island, and you play as mercenary-turned-ferryman Jack Carver. But a gang of armed thugs has blown up your boat and kidnapped your latest passenger. After washing ashore, you go exploring, with guns blazing. But your first impulse in this game isn't to shoot. It's to gawk at the stupendous graphics. Every fern, palm tree, sandy beach, tropical fish and rocky mountain is exquisitely rendered.

A man who says he saw the gunman who killed two college students outside the Volcano's nightclub a year ago testified yesterday that the shooter was not Kevin L. Richardson, the man on trial in the killings.The witness, Derek R. McIntosh, struggled to give the date of the incident, which could hurt his testimony. How much weight jurors give to McIntosh's testimony could be a key to the outcome of the case, which goes to the jury tomorrow.Richardson is accused of killing Donte Young, a 22-year-old student at Coppin State College, and Lori McDaniel, 19, a second-year civil engineering student at Morgan State University, on Oct. 24, 1996.