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Shantera Ebanks, mother of K’Mauri Ebanks, holds up photos of him in her home on June 6, 2023. She still wears the pink “trauma” hospital bracelet from when he was admitted to Shock Trauma.
Loved ones remember K‘mauri Ebanks, teen and father-to-be who was slain days before high school graduation
K’mauri Ebanks was set to graduate on June 13 from Digital Harbor High School, where he was the football team’s quarterback. He was shot multiple times and killed after leaving a baby shower for his unborn daughter.
Police respond to reports of a shooting at the corner of S Catherine St. & Frederick Ave. on May 11, 2023.
Baltimore Police identify 19-year-old killed in Seton Hill on Sunday
Officers responding to the 500 block of Orchard Street found K’mauri Ebanks “suffering from numerous life-threatening gunshot wounds.”
Dabrae Edwards, 18, on May 27, 2022, the day he graduated from Frederick Douglass High School.
‘He was not rowdy, he was gentle,’ says family of 19-year-old killed in Southeast Baltimore
Dabrae Edwards’ family said the 19-year-old was a “gentle soul.” The teen was shot on May 19 in Southeast Baltimore and died from his injuries two days later. His funeral will be held on June 13.
District staff holds up signs with the name of students with the year they would have graduated who have passed from gun violence this year during the Peace and Remembrance Day, at Baltimore City Public Schools District office, in Baltimore, Thursday, May 25, 2023.
Baltimore City Public Schools remembers the 19 students who were killed during the school year
“That’s 19 students, 17 young men and two young women, and one who I would even call not really even within the range of manhood quite yet,” CEO Sonja Santelises said.
A rendering of the new library.
Howard County residents, council members seek to stall plans for Columbia lakefront library
Howard County Council members will vote Wednesday on the budget for Columbia’s proposed lakefront library, a massive building slated to cost $144 million.
Kia dealership, Owings Mills.
Kia, Hyundai reach a $200 million settlement in response to lawsuit on thefts
Experts, prosecutors and local jurisdictions have said the lack of an anti-theft immobilizer in the affected models has allowed for the cars to be stolen with as little as a screwdriver and a USB cord.
Baltimore Police crime scene tape remains on the scene after a vehicle exploded inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood on 7/27/22.  Two people are being treated for injuries, fire officials said Wednesday afternoon.
Police identify teen killed on Mother’s Day
As of May 13, 58 young people ages 13-18 have been shot since the start of the year.
Police respond to reports of a shooting at the corner of S Catherine St. & Frederick Ave. on May 11, 2023.
Teen gun violence persists: 1 killed, 2 shot over weekend
Teens ages 18, 16, and 14 were shot in separate incidents.
Jeffery Brooks Sr. stands for a portrait outside of the house where his son, Jeffery Brooks Jr., died in March, 2023. Prosecutors allege that Brooks Jr.’s roommate shot and killed Brooks Jr., and attempted to cover up the death.
Police made an arrest in Jeffery Brooks Jr.’s death. His dad still questions how it was handled
“We had to keep calling them out to show them all the evidence of something other than my son just leaving leaving the house on his own accord. ... They weren’t doing anything with it and we had to be our own CSI,” Brooks Sr. said.
Ten homes were damaged Thursday morning from a fire on Union Avenue in Hampden.
American Red Cross will assist 22 residents displaced by Hampden fire
Firefighters responded to the 800 block of Union Avenue around 2:44 a.m.
A police line do not cross tape blocks a pathway near Penn Station.
T-Mobile employee shot during robbery has died, police say
The shooting occurred at the retail store in the 2500 block of Boston Street on Sunday just before 4:30 p.m.
Looking north east at the future Triangle Park from 250 Mission.
Residents and businesses are moving to the Baltimore Peninsula. Here’s a first look.
The first tenants and residents have moved into three newly constructed buildings at the site.
Kia Dealership, Owings Mills, MD., March 28, 2023.
Maryland joins push for federal recall of theft-prone Hyundai and Kia vehicles
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown joined a coalition local prosecutors calling for a federal recall of theft-prone Hyundai and Kia vehicles.
A vehicle sits overturned in a construction zone on the Baltimore Beltway on March 22, 2023. Six construction workers were killed in the crash.
Construction workers join Work Zone Safety Unity Ride nearly a month after 695 crash
Participants made a point to drive the posted speed limit along the route of the unity ride.
Robert McCullough is sworn in as the first Black police chief of Baltimore County on April 18, 2023
Robert McCullough sworn in as Baltimore County’s first Black police chief
“Personally I enjoyed retirement life. But even in enjoyment, there was something missing in my life,” McCullough said.
Politician Mitchell Keiffer Jr. (right), and Congressman Kwesi Mfume (left), announce the future home of the Juanita Jackson Mitchell Law Center, in the Upton neighborhood of Baltimore, Md., April 17, 2023. Keiffer Jr.'s Grandmother was the late, great, Juanita Jackson Mitchell, who became the first African American woman to practice law in the State of Maryland.
Office of Maryland’s first Black woman lawyer to be restored as legal hub in West Baltimore
The Beloved Community Services Corporation will receive $1.75 million in federal funds to renovate Juanita Jackson Mitchell’s old law office in the Marble Hill historic district.
Baltimore County Executive John Olszewski to announces Police Chief Selection, County Council, Robert McCullough inside of the  Baltimore County Historic Courthouse, in Towson, Friday, April 7, 2023.
Once the only African American on his shift. Now he’s set to become Baltimore County’s first Black police chief.
Robert McCullough was a 35-year veteran of the department before retiring as a colonel and operations bureau chief in 2021.
A banner reading “Welcome to Hanlon” on Hanlon Street.
16-year-old fatally shot in West Baltimore on Monday, police say
Detectives said Tuesday the teen was shot in the 2500 block of North Longwood Street in the Hanlon-Longwood neighborhood.
Kia Dealership, Owings Mills, MD., March 28, 2023.
Gone in 30 seconds: TikTok challenge leading to thefts of Kia, Hyundai cars hits Maryland
In Maryland, thefts of Kias and Hyundais have increased nearly 50% over the past year, according to Maryland State Police.
Liz Murphy (short hair) and Linda talks about the release of the  Catholic Church Investigation papers and hold a few pages extracted from the full report.
Relief, pride and pain: Survivors of abuse express mixed emotions about Baltimore Catholic Church investigation
Survivors of abuse by Baltimore Catholic Church personnel expressed relief that report was finally public, but some were disappointed so much information had been redacted.
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