Officer wounded dispersing party leaves hospital

A city police officer who was shot while dispersing a large party in West Baltimore earlier this month was discharged from the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center on Sunday, the department said. Police officer Brian Burke left he hospital accompanied by his family and uniformed colleagues. He was shot in the stomach while attempting to break up a large party in the Bridgeview/Greenlawn neighborhood on June 14. Police have charged Christopher Earl, 30, of Windsor Mill, with attempted murder and other offenses after police said Earl, Burke and a second officer wrestled over a handgun. bond and facing four counts of first-degree assault after police say he used a shotgun to confront a group of people who he said had been setting off fireworks in his Northwest Baltimore community. Richard Lowitz was arrested by Baltimore Police on Saturday night after the incident, which occurred in the 3400 block of Clarks Lane. Police said in charging documents that they were called to the area around 9:30 p.m. for a report that a man had driven into a parking lot near Northwest High School and pointed a shotgun at a group of people who were congregating. He threatened them about setting off fireworks, and then used the butt of the gun to break out the driver’s side front window of a vehicle, police said. “Fearing imminent danger” members of the group “physically confronted Mr. Lowitz during which time Mr. Lowitz sustained injuries,” police wrote in charging documents. Lowitz suffered lacerations to his arms and head, but declined medical attention.