Archive for March 2025
Baltimore County officer, alleged gunman shot in precinct parking lot near UMBC, police say
A Baltimore County officer and an alleged gunman were injured in a shootout Thursday afternoon in the Catonsville precinct parking lot during a shift change, according to police. Police said the officer, who has been with the department for about six years, was at the end of his shift when he was shot. Baltimore County…
Read MoreTops gunman lawyers seek a dismissal for hate crime charge
Lawyers for Tops mass shooter, Payton Gendron were in court Wednesday, asking U.S. District Judge Lawrence Vilardo to dismiss one of the 27 counts in his indictment — the hate-crime charge. Gendron carried out a racially motivated mass shooting targeted at Black people at a grocery store on May 14, 2022, killing 10 and injuring…
Read MoreRockville Man Charged with Making Threats of Mass Violence
Bryan Daniel Eyers, 37, of Rockville, was arrested March 11 by Rockville City Police officers and charged with three counts of making threats of mass violence. Eyers is also charged with two counts of making a threat to injure an official and three counts of violating an extreme risk protection order. He also is charged…
Read MoreJuvenile charged with making threats of mass violence in Queen Anne’s Co.
A 16-year-old has been charged with making threats of mass violence following an investigation that began last month. On February 21st, a Queen Anne’s County Sheriff’s Office School Resource Deputy and school staff reportedly received multiple reports of a student from another school posting a video on social media, including non-specific violent threats aimed at…
Read More39 Babies Gang Member Accepts 20 Year Guilty Plea in Longstanding Murder Case
https://baltimorewitness.org/39-babies-gang-member-accepts-20-year-guilty-plea-in-longstanding-murder-case/ After consulting with his defense attorney, Angela Shelton, a homicide defendant and member of the notorious 39 Babies criminal gang accepted the prosecution’s plea offer of 20 years suspending all but five. The defendant, James Brunson, 41, accepted the deal before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge John Addison Howard on March 10. Brunson, was originally charged with first-degree…
Read More$1.5 million bond set for teen in Mooresville school shooting plot
A bond has been set at $1.5 million for a Mooresville high school student accused of planning to carry out a school shooting on Valentine’s Day. An anonymous tip out of Wisconsin led to the arrest of 18-year-old Trinity Shockley, who was arrested in February and booked into the Morgan County Jail on the following…
Read MoreColumbine shooting survivor’s 2025 death classified as homicide, partly attributed to wounds from massacre, coroner says
The mass shooting at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, has now claimed another life, according to a report Wednesday from the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office. The autopsy released Wednesday in the Colorado county stated that “the manner of death” for Anne Marie Hochhalter — who was found dead in her apartment in Westminster…
Read MorePrince George’s County bomb squad defuses homemade pipe bomb in storage unit
Authorities were working Wednesday night to defuse an explosive device found inside a storage unit on Suitland Road in Hillcrest Heights, Maryland, prompting road closures and a large emergency response, officials said. The Prince George’s County Fire Department Bomb Squad responded to the scene at 4410 Suitland Road, where the device was discovered. Officials also…
Read MoreUK – New law needed for Southport-type attacks, says terror watchdog
A new offence to cover lone individuals planning non-terrorist mass killings should be considered in the wake of the Southport attacks, the UK’s terror watchdog has said. The independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, Jonathan Hall KC, suggested the offence, similar to that of preparing an act of terrorism, should have a maximum sentence of life…
Read MoreUS judiciary warns of threats amid ‘concerning’ calls to impeach judges
Key members of the U.S. federal judiciary warned on Tuesday of a rising number of threats directed at their colleagues and described calls to impeach judges over their rulings “concerning” as some Republican lawmakers push to remove jurists who have blocked U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies. U.S. Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan, who chairs the U.S.…
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