An Illegal Gun Deal, a Backseat Shootout, and Three Different Pleas: The John Lewis Jr. Case

On May 7, 2025, 15-year-old John Lewis Jr. was killed and 19-year-old Ra'Shawn Smith was wounded in a shooting in the 3500 block of Brehms Lane in Baltimore. Police detained Smith, Rodsheead Alexander, and Zion Wimbish, then announced first-degree-murder charges against all three adults the next day.

Baltimore Pigtown Barbershop Murder: Four Defendants and Two Alleged Shooters

On January 12, 2024, gunfire erupted inside and around a barbershop on Washington Boulevard in Baltimore’s Pigtown neighborhood. Surveillance showed two masked men entering the business before Deon “Rio” Beasley attempted to escape toward Scott Street.

Sixty-Nine Casings, Two Murder Scenes, One Handgun Link: The Jabre Griffith Case

At 12:04 a.m. on March 23, 2023, a shooting at a Carroll Motor Fuels gas station in the 2800 block of Edmondson Avenue killed thirty-three-year-old Baltimore boxer Ernest Hall and wounded five other males. About twenty-three hours later, another shooting was reported in the 5400 block of York Road. Twenty-six-year-old Micah Strong died after reaching a hospital shortly after midnight on March 24, and a twenty-five-year-old woman survived.

Baltimore Case File: Two Murders in 90 Days — The Pimlico Video, One Acquittal, and 45 Years

A school-parking-lot surveillance trail, two murder cases, one acquitted co-defendant, and a final 45-year sentence.

Baltimore Brooklyn Day Mass Shooting: 30 Shot, 43 Calls, and No Murder Charge

Forty-three calls entered Baltimore’s dispatch system after the shooting began—but the public record starts hours before the first mass-casualty response.

Baltimore D-Block War: The Home Invasion That Left 2 Brothers Dead

On November 13, 2012, armed men forced their way into a West Lafayette Avenue rowhouse looking for a man who was not there. Before they escaped, brothers Allen and Darien Horton had been fatally shot, their mother was wounded, and the family was left inside a crime scene prosecutors would later connect to years of alleged retaliation.

Baltimore Curtis Bay Takedown: 1,500 Drug Packs, 9 Guns, and 3 Switches

From October 2024 through March 2025, investigators focused on the 4100 block of Morrison Court in Baltimore’s Curtis Bay neighborhood. Prosecutors allege the area operated as an open-air drug market supported by hidden stashes, vehicles, porches, and several connected properties.

A 20-Block Crime Zone, 14 Indictments, and 6 Wanted in South Baltimore

The investigation did not begin with a sprawling organization stretched across Baltimore. Police focused on a section of Brooklyn so small that officials described it as fewer than twenty city blocks, centered around Fifth Street and Patapsco Avenue in South Baltimore.

40+ Shots, 4 Guns, and One Dead Bystander in Baltimore — The Cameran Holt Case

On October 27, 2024, a confrontation near the unit block of West Hamburg Street in Federal Hill, Baltimore erupted into a massive exchange of gunfire. 19-year-old Cameran Holt, who police said was not involved in the dispute, was struck while inside a vehicle.

Four Men Charged in a Silver Spring Murder — The Cell Phone Evidence Didn’t Save the Case

At approximately 10:17 p.m. on March 5, 2023, what began as a welfare check in downtown Silver Spring turned into a homicide investigation. Montgomery County officers were sent to the 900 block of Bonifant Street after an off-duty D.C. police officer noticed a man apparently unconscious behind the wheel of a black Honda Accord.