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| Eddie Tarver |
Me: "holy crap, somebody shot a baby!" Longtime Baltimroean: "well yeah, but he wasn't
aiming for the baby." ... Eddie Tarver, 20, was
arrested in the shooting* Friday evening
in South Baltimore, which killed Carter Scott. His dad, Rashaw Scott, survived and ID'd Tarver, who had two accomplices sporting latex gloves. Scott, aka Davon Greene, had been charged with murder himself, highlighting the mix of protracted self-defense and revenge at the core of so many of the city's murders. Yesterday "Batts spoke with people at the shopping center before talking to the
news media, posing for photographs with a group of young girls and
dropping in on a wrestling-themed child's birthday being held in a
vacant storefront in the strip mall."
Also on Saturday, the officer who arrested Eddie Tarver
shot a suspect in Washington Village (nee Pigtown)
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| Clifton Bernard |
In Suitland, PGC, a two-year-old boy, Jamar Shipe,
was murdered on purpose, and surprise, surprise, mom's boyfriend is charged, one Clifton Edward Bernard.
In the kitchen of the Towson Sheraton,
one employee stabbed another in the head. The Towson Sheraton, room 1029, is also where in 2009 a man from NY, William Parente,
killed his whole family.* For whatever reason Sheratons in general
seem to attract a lot of nefarious activity.
Butthurt death merchants at Beretta have decided not to move out of Maryland after all, though took the opportunity to sniff via press release, "The idea now of investing additional funds in Maryland and thus
rewarding a government that has insulted our customers and our products is offensive* to us so we will take steps to evaluate such investments in
other states." Never thought I'd think this but have to hand it to tobacco companies at least a little-- when states started limiting advertising and smoking in bars and so forth, at least they took it on the chin, diversified their holdings and spared us all the
faux vapors and couch-swooning.
Sunday Media Blabber Corner:
Former Commissioner Ed Norris is recovering after his motorcycle accident. He suffered a broken shoulder, broken ribs and minor brain damage.
Not long after Bernadette Woods' departure, dreamboat reporter
Adam May announced he's leaving WJZ* for Al Jazeera, an opportunity that lets his family-- husband Derek Valcourt and their son-- stay in Baltimore. Al Jazeera is located in Doha,
Qatar, where the penalty for same-sex sex is up to five years in prison, time that
may include whippings. Oh, and if you drink a Cosmo?
Whipping.
...update at 11:35, just watched his final sign-off and got verklempt. What a classy guy.
Sheldon Dutes has also left town, begging the question-- who's going to be the next candy for the hungry eyeballs of local news-watching ladies age 29-39? I demand to know!
Dick Irwin's* funeral will be on
Tuesday.
