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Anne Arundel County police responding last night to a report of shots fired in a townhouse in Brooklyn Heights found one man dead and another wounded, said a police spokesman. Their names were withheld pending notification of family members. No arrests had been made, and police knew of no motive for the double shooting. About 9 p.m., police entered an apartment in the 200 block of Southerly Road and found one man dead from at least one bullet wound and another man wounded, said Capt. Joe Jordan, a police night commander.

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes in Baltimore and Baltimore County.Central DistrictShooting: After arguing with another man outside an all-night restaurant/carryout in the 300 block of W. Baltimore St. about 12: 10 a.m. Tuesday, a man went to a car parked nearby and got a tire iron from the trunk. As he walked back to the restaurant, the man he was arguing with pulled out a handgun and shot him in the foot. The gunman and two other men fled. The wounded man was treated at Harbor Hospital Center and released.

A shooting in Edmondson Village yesterday afternoon left a man in his early 20s dead and another man wounded. Police were questioning a possible suspect, a department spokeswoman said.Police did not immediately release the names of the victims. Officers at the scene said they were investigating the incident, which occurred minutes before 3 p.m., as a failed robbery attempt.The dead man was found lying on a sidewalk in the 3800 block of Gelston Drive, a block from Lyndhurst Elementary School.

During a traffic stop last night, a Baltimore County K-9 officer shot a man in a car, believing him to be armed, police said.Bill Toohey, a police spokesman, said Officer Michael Cortez stopped a Ford Tiempo with temporary Delaware tags for a traffic violation about 8: 25 p.m. at Pulaski Highway and Chesaco Avenue in Rosedale. Cortez saw what appeared to be a handgun near the front-seat passenger, Toohey said.Fearing for his safety, Toohey said, the officer drew his handgun and shot the passenger in the leg. The driver sped off, and, after a brief chase, the car was stopped on Rossville Boulevard near Pulaski Highway.

An off-duty city police officer broke up an apparent robbery yesterday in West Baltimore, chased two suspects several blocks and then shot one of them during an exchange of gunfire in an alley, police said.The wounded man ran to an apartment house in the 800 block of W. Lexington St., leaving a 10-block trail of blood that police said they followed. Officers arrested the gunman and other suspect shortly after the shooting.The incident marked the third time in two days that a Baltimore police officer had shot someone.

Police were investigating two unrelated shootings last night in West Baltimore, one in which a 4-year-old girl was shot in the shoulder.The incident occurred shortly before 10 p.m. when an unidentified man fired several shots in the 1300 block of Myrtle Ave., wounding the girl and a man, police said.Police said the bullet that struck the girl passed through her shoulder. She was taken to the pediatric intensive care unit at Johns Hopkins Hospital for treatment. Her condition was not available, but she was expected to survive, police said.

A Baltimore police officer fatally shot a 24-year-old man who allegedly pulled out a knife during a struggle in a Westside alley -- the first of two incidents in which officers shot suspects last night, authorities said.The shooting took place near the 1800 block of W. Fayette St. about 6:45 p.m. after Officer David Shields "observed what he believed to be a drug transaction" and chased the man into the alley, police said.According to Officer Sabrina Tapp-Harper, a police spokeswoman, the suspect threatened Officer Shields with a "lock-blade knife."

A Baltimore police officer fatally shot a 24-year-old man who pulled out a knife during a struggle in a Westside alley -- the first of two incidents in which officers shot suspects last night, authorities said.The shooting took place near the 1800 block of W. Fayette St. about 6:45 p.m. after Officer David Shields "observed what he believed to be a drug transaction" and chased the man into the alley, police said.There, according to Officer Sabrina Tapp-Harper, a police spokeswoman, the suspect stepped from out of the shadows and lunged at the officer with a "lock-blade knife."

A Baltimore police officer fatally shot a 24-year-old man who pulled out a knife during a struggle in a Westside alley -- the first of two incidents in which officers shot suspects last night, authorities said.The shooting took place near the 1800 block of W. Fayette St. about 6:45 p.m. after Officer David Shields, of the Western District, observed what he believed to be a drug transaction and chased the man into the alley, police said.There, according to Officer Sabrina Tapp-Harper, a police xTC spokeswoman, the suspect stepped from out of the shadows and lunged at the officer with a "lock-blade knife."

A 45-year-old Woodlawn man wounded in a shooting that killed an Ellicott City woman says he lives in fear that the gunman may return to end his life.Howard County police say they believe Daniel Scott Harney, charged with killing Shirley Scott Harney at her home Dec. 26, was traveling in Florida with his two sons, ages 8 and 10, late last week."

Mayor Sheila Dixon voiced renewed outrage yesterday over a videotape that shows a man wounded by gunfire and lying on the floor of a Northeast Baltimore Chinese carryout while customers laugh and step over him to get their food. The surveillance video, which city prosecutors are using in their case against two suspects, gained attention Wednesday at a public monthly meeting of Baltimore law enforcement officials. Dixon talked about the disturbing scenes while pressing her case for changes in the criminal justice system.

The owner of the St. Paul Cleaners and Tailors in North Baltimore's Charles Village shot a man who attempted to rob the business yesterday afternoon, police said. Police said the robber, armed with a knife, walked into the store about 1:45 p.m. and demanded money. Police spokesman Sterling Clifford said the owner, who was not identified, drew a gun and fired several times, striking the man in the hip, arm and hand. Clifford said the robber staggered out of the store and demanded that a witness hail a cab for him, police said.

An unidentified man was shot in the upper body last night on an East Baltimore street either by a man with whom he was exchanging gunfire or by one of two city police officers who witnessed the shootout, a police spokesman said. About 10:15 p.m., two members of the citywide tactical unit were in the 3100 block of McElderry St. when they heard gunshots and observed two men shooting at each other, said Officer Troy Harris, the spokesman. After the men failed to drop their weapons when ordered to do so, the officers drew their .40-caliber Glock semiautomatic handguns, and at least one of them fired at the gunmen, Harris said.

Anne Arundel County police responding last night to a report of shots fired in a townhouse in Brooklyn Heights found one man dead and another wounded, said a police spokesman. Their names were withheld pending notification of family members. No arrests had been made, and police knew of no motive for the double shooting. About 9 p.m., police entered an apartment in the 200 block of Southerly Road and found one man dead from at least one bullet wound and another man wounded, said Capt. Joe Jordan, a police night commander.

Two men were shot early yesterday - one of them fatally - during a party at a downtown nightclub, and another man was shot to death Sunday night in an unrelated incident in Northeast Baltimore, city police said. Shortly before 1 a.m. yesterday, Central District officers responding to reported gunshots inside Gossip's, a club in the first block of S. Calvert St., found a large crowd of people outside and the wounded men inside on different floors of the building. Officers detained several people as witnesses, but many other patrons fled, police said.

Suspected gunman fatally shot by officer A suspected gunman was fatally shot last night by a city police officer after a foot chase through an alley in the Washington Village section of South Baltimore, authorities said. The shooting occurred after a Southern District officer was dispatched at 8:07 p.m. to the 1300 block of Sargeant St. to investigate a report of a man discharging a firearm, said Officer Nicole Monroe, a police spokeswoman. When the officer arrived, he saw a man run down an alley toward the 1100 block of S. Carey St. The officer chased him, and fired several shots -- hitting the man at least once, said police Maj. Eric Jordan.

Anne Arundel County police were investigating yesterday an incident in Severn Friday night in which a man was shot in the stomach, police said. Officers responded to a call in the 1800 block of Arwell Court at 10:21 p.m. and found the wounded man, police said. The victim, whose identity police did not disclose, told police he was shot in the 8500 block of Pioneer Drive by someone he knew. The victim was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center. His condition was unavailable yesterday.

Two men were shot in the city last night, one fatally in East Baltimore and another when he tried to rob an off-duty police officer on a West Baltimore street. At 9:53 p.m., an unidentified man was shot several times in the 400 block of S. Lehigh St. and died a short time later at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Forty minutes later, an off-duty Maryland Transit Administration police officer was in street clothes in the 2100 block of N. Fulton Ave. when a man attempted to rob him. Police said the officer shot the would-be robber in the leg. The wounded man was treated at Maryland Shock Trauma Center.

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes from police reports in Baltimore City and Baltimore County. Baltimore City Southern District Theft/arrest: A man, 36, was arrested Saturday and charged with breaking into two cars, one on Hughes Street and the other on East Wells Street, and stealing a compact disc player and several compact discs. Charged was Michael Rawlings of the 3600 block of Chesterfield Ave. Theft from vehicle: A laptop computer and video games were stolen Saturday from a Subaru Outback parked in the 600 block of S. Charles St. Stolen vehicle: A 2000 Chevrolet with tags NYL 317 was stolen in the first block of W. West St. between Wednesday and Saturday.

One man was killed and two others wounded in a triple shooting in West Baltimore yesterday afternoon that left three city blocks bordered in yellow crime scene tape, police said. Police learned of the shooting after they responded to a reported car crash in the 2000 block of Presbury St. about 2:45 p.m. Officers arrived to find that a black Dodge Stratus had smashed into a rowhouse and had come to rest on the sidewalk. A dead man was behind the steering wheel and a wounded man was getting out of the car, police said.