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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

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

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.

Three men were shot Tuesday night in Edgewood, according to the Harford County Sheriff's Office. Police first received a report of shots fired in the 1900 block of Edgewater Drive shortly after 8 p.m., said Monica Worrell, a sheriff's spokeswoman. There they located two men suffering from gunshot wounds. One man, 43, was transported by ambulance to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore. The second man, 26, was transported by ambulance to Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. A third shot man, 37, arrived shortly afterward at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center after being transported there by family members, Worrell said.

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.

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.

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 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

Three men were shot Tuesday night in Edgewood, according to the Harford County Sheriff's Office. Police first received a report of shots fired in the 1900 block of Edgewater Drive shortly after 8 p.m., said Monica Worrell, a sheriff's spokeswoman. There they located two men suffering from gunshot wounds. One man, 43, was transported by ambulance to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore. The second man, 26, was transported by ambulance to Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. A third shot man, 37, arrived shortly afterward at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center after being transported there by family members, Worrell said.

Detectives are investigating an overnight shooting in the 2500 block of Edgecombe Circle in the Parklane neighborhood of Baltimore, police said. An adult male was shot in the legs, according to authorities, and that he was in stable condition. ywenger@baltsun.com

A 17-year-old boy was stabbed multiple times in the upper torso in Edgewood shortly after 7 p.m. Monday, according to the Harford County Sheriff's Office. Bleeding from stab wounds, he flagged down a patrol deputy about 7:15 p.m. near the intersection of Woodbridge Center Way and Acorn Ridge Court, according to Monica Worrell, a spokeswoman for the sheriff's office. The boy, from the White Marsh area, told police he was in the area visiting a friend when he was jumped by several people, Worrell said.

A 21-year-old Annapolis man died Sunday night in a head-on collision on Harry S. Truman Parkway in Annapolis. Brian Michael Hendricks was driving a 1999 Honda Civic eastbound on the parkway when the vehicle crossed the center line of the roadway and struck a 2011 Toyota Venza at about 8:53 p.m., Anne Arundel County Police said. Hendricks was transported to Anne Arundel Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. A passenger in the Toyota, 20-year-old Garrett Randall Sullivan of Annapolis, was transported to Shock Trauma and was in serious but stable condition.

Two people were injured in a three-vehicle collision Sunday evening at the intersection of Routes 1 and 152 in Fallston, Maryland State Police said. At approximately 6:37 p.m., troopers from the Bel Air Barrack responded to the intersection of Route 1 (Belair Road) and Route 152 (Mountain Road) in Fallston for what a state police news release called "a serious motor vehicle collision. " Preliminary investigation revealed that a 2005 Chevrolet Equinox, operated by Callie Jo Davidson, 28, of Abingdon, was traveling south (east)

A 55-year-old man is in critical but stable condition Saturday after he suffered a gunshot wound to the chest, Baltimore police said. The shooting happened at 10:55 p.m. Friday in the 2000 block of Edmondson Avenue, according to Sgt. Anthony Smith. A motive in the shooting was unknown, Smith said. The victim, whose name was not released by police, was transported to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center. Anyone with information is encouraged to call police at 410-396-2477.

A 48-year-old pedestrian hit by a van Friday night in Glen Burnie is hospitalized in critical, but stable condition, Anne Arundel County police said. Around 8:30 p.m., officers responded to the accident on 8 t h Avenue near Penrod Court. The victim, John Victor Bandtholtz, did not yield as he crossed the street and was struck by a 1996 Chevrolet Astro driven by David Edward Gooden, 54 of Glen Burnie, police said. Bandtholtz, who has no fixed address, was transported to Maryland Shock Trauma Center with life threatening injuries, police said.

Five young men were stabbed late Saturday in Edgewood, the Harford County sheriff's office said Sunday. Sheriff's deputies were called to the 400 block of Meadowood Drive just before midnight and found two stabbing victims, a 22-year-old with chest injuries trying to help a 19-year-old with multiple wounds, said Monica Worrell, a spokeswoman for the sheriff's office. A third victim, an 18-year-old who also had been stabbed in the chest, then approached the scene, she said. The young men said they were attacked while walking to a friend's house in the Windsor Valley neighborhood from a gas station in the 1700 block of Hanson Road.

UPPER MARLBORO — Authorities say a house fire that injured seven Prince George's County firefighters in Riverdale was arson. One firefighter remains hospitalized, in critical but stable condition, after Friday's fire. Kevin O'Toole is expected to stay in the hospital for weeks. Officials said at a news conference Wednesday that the fire was started in the basement of the home.