Wounded Man

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.

As three generations of his family watched, a man once described by police as an "engine for violent crime" won praise for his parenting from a Baltimore judge even as she sentenced him for his part in a shooting that left one of his friends dead. Judge Wanda K. Heard invited Stanley Brunson, 36, to tell his 16-year-old son to stay away from the life of the streets that had landed him before her Tuesday. Brunson turned and mumbled a warning to the teenager. "That's your father talking to you," Heard said.

One suspect was shot and another captured yesterday in an attempted robbery of a Brinks Inc. security guard carrying money from an armored truck into a Havre de Grace bank, town police reported. The wounded man, Lamar Kennard, 25, of the 100 block of S. Reed St. in Bel Air, was wanted in Baltimore County on a warrant charging him with failure to appear in court. He was listed in critical condition last night at Maryland Shock Trauma Center. According to Maj. John Van Gilder of the Havre de Grace Police Department, the robbers - apparently unarmed - assaulted the unnamed 24-year- old Brinks guard about 2:45 p.m. as he was carrying a bag of money to the Farmers Bank of Maryland branch in the 200 block of St. John St. Van Gilder said the guard pulled out his gun and shot one of the men in the upper torso.

Baltimore police on Sunday released photographs of the two victims in a fatal double shooting in the city's Mid-Town neighborhood on Friday, hoping the images might help an investigation that had so far produced few leads. Joseph Alexander Ulrich, 40, of Baltimore, who went by Alex, was killed in the shooting, and Lawrence Peterson, 56, owner of the Empire House inn and a well-known leader in the neighborhood, was critically injured. In recent years, police have rarely released the identity — much less the image — of non-fatal shooting victims.

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.

Area police were seeking a man in the fatal shooting of his 41-year-old estranged wife and the wounding of her male friend inside her home in the 5000 block of Brampton Parkway in Ellicott City late last night.The husband was reportedly driving a Toyota with Maryland tags VEJ 169 and was believed to be armed with a handgun.According to Sgt. Steven Keller, a Howard County Police spokesman, the names of the victims were being withheld pending notification of relatives.Someone, reportedly the wounded man, called the police shortly after 10 p.m. and reported the shooting, according to Sergeant Keller.

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.

A man in his 20s was being treated last night at Maryland Shock Trauma Center after being shot in the head, then struck by a car he tried to flag down to get help, Baltimore County police said. Police, releasing few details, said they received a call about 9 p.m. reporting that an injured man was in the 6600 block of Falls Road, near Copper Mine Terrace and Robert E. Lee Park. The man told police he was kidnapped at an unknown location by at least two men, driven to the Falls Road area, robbed and then shot.

One man died and three others were hospitalized last night after a drive-by shooting on the city's east side. Police said three men were in custody for questioning after the spray of gunfire in the 1700 block of Port St. Officer Troy Harris, a police spokesman, said investigators believed that more than a dozen shots were fired from a late-model black car. He said it was unclear whether the victims had been standing together or spread out along the...

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.

Baltimore Police say a recent shooting in Waverly that injured a 16-year-old girl was gang-related, and detectives have charged a 22-year-old man in the case. Derrod Miller, of the 300 block of E. 33rd St., was charged Tuesday with attempted first-degree murder in connection with the July 22 shooting. According to police, the teenage victim was walking in the 500 block of E. 35th St. with others at about 11:30 p.m. when she noticed a group of people in the south side of the block who appared to be watching them.  One of the men broke off from the group and began walking toward them, then opened fire "indiscriminately" in her direction.

A Maryland state trooper shot and wounded a domestic assault suspect in Mount Airy on Friday night, after the man defied orders to drop a weapon he had pointed at police, Maryland State Police said. Police said the suspect, 29-year-old Hugh M. Alexander III, was carrying what appeared to be a handgun, but turned out to be a pellet pistol. Troopers from the Westminster barracks were called to a Mount Airy home in the 1700 block of Trestle St. about 8:30 p.m. by a woman who said her boyfriend struck her and tried repeatedly to choke her, according to a police statement.

A Baltimore police officer who had just ended his shift shot one of three men who tried to rob him at gunpoint at a bus stop one block from the Southern District police station early Thursday, a department spokesman said. The 33-year-old officer, who has been on the force since October 2004 and is assigned to the Southern District, was off duty and standing at the stop in the 200 block of Cherry Hill Road shortly after midnight when three men - one armed with a handgun - tried to rob him, spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said.

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.

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.

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.

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