Man shot, critically wounded in N. Baltimore
Police released video Friday of a midday shooting in a busy commercial strip of North Baltimore that left a man in critical condition. The shooting occurred around 1:30 p.m. in the 4600 block of York Road near Cold Spring Lane. Surveillance camera footage from a nearby business shows a gunman walk up to the victim in front of a carryout and open fire at point-blank range. The victim, who was not identified, was shot in the stomach and taken to an area hospital. His injuries are considered life-threatening, and homicide detectives were assigned to the case. Anyone with information was asked to call detectives at 410-396-2100 or leave a text tip at 443902-4824. Police were also investigating after two men walked into an area hospital after they were shot in Carrollton Ridge on Friday morning, police said. Sometime before 2 a.m., police say, the 22-year-old man and a 28-year-old man were shot by an unidentified man in the 2000 block of W. Pratt St. Detectives are investigating and ask that anyone with information to call 410-396-2221 or call Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP.
Anne Arundel economic development chief arrested
The head of Anne Arundel Economic Development Corp. was arrested Friday after a neighbor told police he broke into her home and sifted through her underwear drawer. Robert Hannon, 70, was recorded on a security camera breaking into the Eastport apartment Thursday and removing several articles of lingerie from the woman’s bedroom dresser, according to an Annapolis Police Department report. Hannon heads a quasi-public agency that acts as the county’s economic development agency. The agency is publicly funded, and the CEO is appointed by the county executive and considered a top adviser and liaison to the business community. Owen McEvoy, a spokesman for County Executive Steve Schuh, said Friday that Schuh “is very surprised by these troubling charges” but has not asked Hannon to step down. Hannon, who was still in police custody Friday afternoon, could not be reached for comment.
Victim in fatal Dundalk stabbing identified
Baltimore County police on Friday identified the man killed in a stabbing Thursday near the Eastpoint Mall in Dundalk. The victim was identified as Gerrod Dominick Greenwood, 18, of Dundalk. Police say they went to Eastern Avenue at 54th Street about 7:30 p.m. Thursday and found Greenwood and another man near a bus stop suffering from stab wounds to their upper bodies. Greenwood later died at a hospital. The man who was with him is expected to survive. A third victim walked into a hospital with stab wounds and is also expected to survive. Anyone with information may call 410-307-2020.
Man stabbed in Baltimore County carjacking
A man was stabbed in a carjacking in the Pikesville area Thursday, Baltimore County police say. Police were called to the first block of Cobblestone Court about 12:30 a.m. Thursday. The 38-year-old victim told officers that two men approached him when he got home. He said they demanded his keys and attacked him when he refused to give them up, police said. The suspects assaulted him in the vestibule of his apartment building, stabbing him several times, and then drove off in his vehicle. The victim was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive, police said. His name was not released. Investigators believe the man was targeted and that the attack was not random.