Girl, 5, shot, injured in West Baltimore

A 5-year-old girl was injured in a shooting Monday evening in West Baltimore. Police said she was alert and talking to doctors. The girl was shot on the 1000 block of McKean Ave. around 6:20 pm. Doretha Carpenter, who said she was the girl’s godmother, said the girl, who had just turned 5, had been on her way to the corner store when the shots were fired. The girl dropped the baby doll and the money she was carrying, which remained on the street as detectives combed the scene for evidence an hour later. Carpenter said she had ducked for cover in her home when she heard the shots fired — about six of them. It wasn’t until she came outside that she learned her godchild had been injured. “Then I saw her dollbaby in the street,” Carpenter said. A neighbor drove the girl to the hospital. “I hope my baby is okay,” she said. who said he suffered from a mood disorder and the lasting effects of a traumatic brain injury sustained in July 2014 causing him to act impulsively the day of the murders. Moye spoke for about an hour in court Monday, telling the judge about his life and various traumas and obstacles that led up to the shooting. He also apologized to the families. listed on the flyer went to a voicemail that said the caller had reached “the Loyal White Knights of the KKK.” A few dozen flyers targeting immigrants and Jews and advocating membership in the Klan were found scattered in the area of Ellicott City’s Main Street on Saturday night, and are being investigated by police in Howard County. Earlier this month, similar flyers were distributed in two communities in Anne Arundel County, and KKK propaganda was distributed twice in a South Baltimore neighborhood in October.