-Donald Samuels (links to police blotter which also details three non-fatal shootings), shot to death Friday in Curtis Bay (Baltimore City #235, or #236 if you believe the Sun's last published count which would indicate that they failed to ever print anything about #234, which is totally believable)
-Shaun Tiller and an unidentified male, shot to death Saturday in Berea and Mount Holly, respectively (#'s 236 and 237 or 237 and 238)
-Muhammad Rafique Chaudhary, shot to death Sunday in a convenience store robbery in Parkville
-Reina Natosha Lynch, shot to death Saturday while on guard duty in Beltsville
-Devon Harold Jackson, shot to death Sunday in a robbery in Cheverly
-Donald Harrison, beaten to death Sunday by his son during an argument in Seat Pleasant
If anyone is counting, that makes it six murders in four days in Prince George's County. This includes last Thursday's double murder in Hillcrest Heights, the victims of which have finally been identified, and the shooting in Clinton that I never actually posted an article about (until now!).
Also, Abby Karoma was killed Saturday in Lanham in a hit-and-run involving a "silver, 1990's four-door sedan, possibly a Honda Accord or similar foreign make." Was there a woman in the trunk?
Lastly for PGC, cops shot two suspects after the car they were in pinned an officer against another car. Neither of them died, but if you're keeping track, PGCPD has killed 5 people this year. In this respect they are tied for #1 in the state with Baltimore PD.
A guy was arrested for stealing 40 (!) vans in MD, PA, and DE.
An unidentified male robbery suspect was shot to death Saturday by an MTA officer at the Reisterstown Plaza metro station.
Misleading Headlines Department:
-Yesterday's Sun article about the above-mentioned incident is titled "MTA officer kills robbery suspect in Reisterstown." Just because the metro station is called "Reisterstown Plaza" does not mean it's in Reisterstown. Ever heard of "Belair Road," "Harford Road," "York Road," or "Frederick Avenue?"
-"Fourth Woman Found Dead, Identified In Harford Co." (No, there haven't been any more IDs made since Friday, and there haven't been any more bodies discovered since September. One body is still unidentified.)
-Yes, this happened in DC and not MD, but the headline is so misleading I couldn't help but post it: "Youth Drives Metrobus after Driver Flees" makes it sound like this kid did something heroic, whereas "Youth Detained After Commandeering Metrobus Saturday Night" is way more accurate
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and thanks for trying to keep up with the numbers-- after the "341" story I've felt like, "why bother?"
I can't get over that story. I can't believe more hasn't been made of it.
I heard Ed Norris say something interesting... that if someone kills themselves but the gun is stolen, that could be 'undetermined.'
So do we have
1. a lot of depressed MF'ers shooting themselves in public or semi-public places
2. completely incompetent medical examiners and negilgent leadership of the ME's office
3. A pro-O'Malley conspiracy to misclassify deaths (and yes, the ME's office is run by the State, but you never know who's in bed with whom around here)
4. good mecial examiners, but crime scenes not being investigated properly.
5. criminals so skilled they can make any murder look like an accident or suicide.
...or some combination?
I don't know.
I'm going to pack my bikini now.
yeah i remember last year they found a dead guy with a gunshot wound to the head at a bus stop on eastern avenue right near where i was working at the time (bayview) and the article said that the medical examiner would decide whether it was a suicide or a homicide and i was like "what?!" of course i never heard anything about it ever again.
Suicide: shooting yourself in the head (New York defn.)
Suicide: leaving the house without a kevlar bodysuit. (Balto. defn.)
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