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A 23-year-old male was shot in the torso in the area of Cold Spring Lane and Marble Hill Road around 7:50 p.m. Friday, according to Baltimore City Police. As of Saturday morning, the victim was in stable condition and expected to recover. There is no information about suspects or a motive in the shooting and the investigation is continuing, a police spokesman said. Text BUSINESS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun Business text alerts

A 16-year-old boy was shot in the face and hip in Baltimore's Rosemont neighborhood Sunday afternoon, police said. The boy was in critical but stable condition at a hospital after the shooting, which happened about 3:30 p.m. in the 1600 block of N. Ellamont St., police said. Police were working to determine a suspect and a motive. Near the scene of the shooting, which witnesses said happened on the street outside the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses building, young children played outside and neighbors returned home with groceries.

Navy football coach Ken Niumatalolo said Wedneday that he received a text message from the family of freshman quarterback Ralph Montalvo, saying that the player who was critically injured in a car accident near his home in South Florida last week has been upgraded to “serious but stable” condition. Montalvo remains in a medically-induced coma at the Kendall Regional Medical Center in Miami, according to Niumatalolo. Reading from the text message, Niumatalolo said that Montalvo's setback on Monday was due to a sinus infection, but added that the swelling on Montalvo's brain has gone down in the past day. Montalvo was a passenger in a car that was involved in a single-vehicle accident Thanksgiving night.

Police on Saturday updated the status of an 18-year-old man and a 27-year-old man shot in separate incidents in the Sandtown-Winchester and Waverly neighborhoods Friday afternoon. As of late Saturday, police said both victims were listed in critical, but stable condition. Police said in the first incident, which happened just after 3:30 p.m., the 18-year-old victim was shot multiple times in the torso in the 1600 block of Mosher St., police said. He was taken to the hospital.

Sergio Kindle is in stable condition after injuring his head only days before the team's rookies are scheduled to report to training camp, the latest off-field incident for the Ravens' first pick in the 2010 draft. Kindle, 23, suffered the injury in a house he was visiting Thursday night in Austin, Texas, where it is believed he fell down two flights of stairs. The former University of Texas linebacker has improved the past couple of days and should make a full recovery, according to a league source.

A Linthicum Heights woman was in serious but stable condition yesterday at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center after the car she was driving was struck by an oncoming vehicle Saturday on Andover Road.Ruth H. Linthicum, 78, of the 300 block of Eva Ave. in Linthicum Heights was upgraded from critical condition Sunday.Police said an eastbound car driven by Christopher P. Salmon, 17, of the 500 block of Greenwood Road, Linthicum Heights, crossed the center line on Andover Road near Forestdale Avenue about 12: 45 p.m. as it tried to avoid an eastbound vehicle ahead.

Annapolis Mayor Alfred A. Hopkins was recovering last night after heart bypass surgery, and city officials said they expected him out of the hospital by the end of the week.The mayor will celebrate his 67th birthday today at Washington Hospital Center, where he underwent the operation after a fainting spell led doctors to discover he had a blocked coronary artery.A hospital spokeswoman said Mr. Hopkins came through the operation and was in stable condition last night.Mr. Hopkins was admitted Sunday night, three days after fainting during the NFL pre-season football game at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore.

A 15-year-old East Baltimore girl was in stable condition last night at Johns Hopkins Hospital where she was being treated for a gunshot wound to her right eye, police said.Jazz King of the 1500 block of E. Hoffman St. was shot about 6 p.m. Sunday while playing a card game with other teen-agers in her home.It was not known whether the girl would lose the vision in her right eye, police said.A 15-year-old boy was charged as a juvenile with assault, possession of a deadly weapon and discharging a firearm within city limits.

A 6-year-old West Baltimore boy was listed in stable condition early today after being struck by a police car in the 600 block of N. Gilmor St. yesterday evening.Officer John Emrick, of the Police Department's Traffic Investigation Section, said Matthew Williams of the 500 block of N. Gilmor St. was a block from his home and running across the street in front of a parked taxicab shortly after 6 p.m. when he was hit by a Western District patrol car driven by Officer Troy Jackson, 37.At the time, the officer was driving toward the Walbrook Junction area to provide routine backup for another officer and apparently was not exceeding the speed limit, Officer Emrick said.

Baltimore police are investigating a double shooting at 11:33 p.m. Tuesday in the Beechfield neighborhood. Two men, ages 24 and 25, were shot in the 600 block of Brisbane Road, authorities said. The 24-year-old man is in critical but stable condition at a nearby hospital. The 25-year-old man is in serious but stable condition at a second nearby hospital. ywenger@baltsun.com Twitter.com/yvonnewenger

Two men were injured in a shooting on North Avenue in the early hours of Saturday morning, police said. An unknown number of people approached the two men, who were standing in the 2100 block of E. North Ave., shooting one victim, aged 19, in the chest and another, aged 26, in the back of the legs, according to police. The victims, who have not been identified, were transported to an area hospital and were in stable condition. The Eastern district, where the incident happened, has seen 8 shootings and 3 homicides as of Mar. 9, according to police data, a slight decline from the same point last year.

A man was killed in a head-on crash involving two vehicles on Chesapeake Beach Road in Anne Arundel County on Saturday morning, police said. Ronald Lignelli, 61, from Chesapeake Beach was pronounced dead at the scene. His Ford Taurus had crossed into the path of a Ford Expedition in the westbound lane of the road about 5:45 a.m., police said. When officers arrived, the Expedition was on its side and on fire, but its driver, Andre Mackall, 33, from Owings had been pulled free by passers-by shortly before it caught fire, police said.

A man fled from police and crashed his car blocks away Thursday, leaving him trapped in the burning vehicle after it rolled over, Baltimore police said. The man, whom police did not identify, was in "very critical" condition a few hours after the crash, which happened at noon at the intersection of Pratt and Fulton streets. As of Thursday afternoon, the man was in surgery at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, police said. He faces a "litany" of traffic charges and a charge for possession of narcotics police say they found in his car. Police said an officer driving in the opposite direction spotted the man driving through a stop sign at the intersection of Ashton and Smallwood streets.

A 17-year-old was shot Friday in Northwest Baltimore, police said. The unidentified male victim was standing in the 5100 block of Chalgrove Ave. around 5:22 p.m. when an unknown male suspect began shooting at him, striking him in the torso. The victim was taken to an area hospital, where he is listed in stable condition, police said. Police said they have no motive, and request anyone with information to call 410-396-2466. Text NEWS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun local news text alerts

A Baltimore City Sheriff's Office deputy suffered a gunshot wound after unintentionally firing the deputy's own firearm in a non-public area of the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center on Friday morning, Sheriff's Office officials said. Maj. Sam Cogen of the Sheriff's Office said that at approximately 8:02 a.m., a deputy unintentionally discharged one round from the service weapon while preparing for a duty shift and was struck in the left hip area. First aid was administered at the scene, and the deputy was transported to Maryland Shock Trauma with non-life-threatening injuries, Cogen said.

Baltimore police found a man stabbed early Wednesday north of Fells Point. At about 2:24 a.m., officers found the man in the 200 block of N. Broadway stabbed multiple times. They transported him to Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he was described as being in stable condition. Police did not have many details Wednesday morning, and investigators are reviewing possible surveillance camera footage that might provide clues, police spokesman Det. Vernon Davis said. jgeorge@baltsun.com Twitter.com/justingeorge

Baltimore police said that two adults were killed early Saturday morning when an automobile left a Northeast Baltimore road and struck a tree. The single-vehicle accident happened at 2:27 a.m. in the  6500 block of Perring Parkway. A police spokesman said that the vehicle failed to negotiate a left curve, left the roadway and hit a tree. The accident left two adult passengers dead. The  driver was taken to a hospital and is listed in serious, but stable condition. Accident Investigation Unit detectives are investigating.

Baltimore police say a woman was shot Friday evening near Franklin Square Elementary School, and she is expected to survive. The 30-year-old woman was shot in her lower right leg at about 4:45 p.m. and was taken to an area hospital, where she is in stable condition, police said. The shooting occurred in the 1800 block of Penrose Avenue, which is very close to the elementary school. No additional information was immediately available.