December 2009

December 2009 — Two men were charged with attempted first-degree murder after they wrested away an Uzi-style machine gun from a man who had just shot their friend in the head during a party at a downtown hotel on Fayette Street. Prosecutors said the men went too far by continuing to beat the suspected shooter long after they had him in control and he no longer posed a threat. The case is still pending, but defense lawyers complained it demonstrates a double-standard in justice because the Hopkins student was not charged.

March 2010

March 2010 — William Bozman wakes up in his Perry Hall bedroom to find a convicted felon standing over him with a handgun and demanding money. The 68-year-old towing company owner someone gets his own gun and fatally shoots the gunmen when he refused to put down the weapon, according to his account to police.