Sunday, December 16, 2012
Police say the shooting occurred outside Charles Village Pub early Sunday morning.
A Cockeysville man has been arrested and charged with attempted murder in connection with a Towson shooting early Sunday morning. Francis Minsung Kang, 26, of the unit block of Brook Farm Court in Cockeysville has been charged with attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault and use of a handgun in committing a felony. Around 2:05 a.m. Dec. 16, officers on a routine patrol heard gunshots coming from the unit block of W. Chesapeake Avenue, according to an email from Lt. Robert McCullough, a police spokesman. The officers were able to immediately stop a truck they saw fleeing the scene and arrest Kang, McCullough wrote. Investigation revealed that Kang was involved in a fight outside Charles Village Pub. As he was leaving the …
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Police have released little information on the Monday shooting that left a 19-year-old man dead.
Baltimore County police and local officials aimed to reassure residents that malls are still safe in the wake of Monday's murder at Towson Town Center. "Our shoppers are safe in Baltimore County," police Chief James Johnson said at a media briefing Tuesday afternoon. "We want our citizens to come out and feel safe with their family and children and, again, we're optimistic that we will clear this case." Shortly after 6:20 p.m. Monday, police were called for a report of a shooting to the sidewalk outside Nordstrom, where 19-year-old Rodney Vest Pridget lay dead. Police have not said where Pridget lived, except to say the "Baltimore area." Court records show that someone by that same name and age had two residences listed: the 1000 block of …
Monday, December 19, 2011
Police responded to shots fired outside Nordstrom and arrived to find a man dead on the sidewalk. Officers searched inside the mall for the shooter, but no suspects have been identified.
Update: Police identified the victim Tuesday morning. UPDATE (10 p.m.)—Baltimore County police have no suspects after a man was shot and killed outside Towson Town Center Monday evening, during the height of the holiday shopping rush. For instant updates, follow Towson Patch on Facebook or Twitter. Police responding to a call for a shooting outside the Nordstrom department store at around 6:20 p.m. Monday arrived to find the victim dead on the sidewalk near the mall's Fairmount Avenue entrance, near the Cancer Survivors Park. All Towson precinct officers, and officers from other precincts, were called to the scene. Police and mall security went inside the mall and began "looking for someone who looked panicked or suspicious," said police …
K Blue
2:59 pm on Saturday, December 22, 2012
I am pleased to see that the State has charged him with the mandatory minimum handgun violation. Permit or no permit, this individual used this handgun outside acceptable permit parameters and for that he needs to be held accountable regardless of whether he is a good guy or not. No exceptions should be made for anyone. If he is as good a guy as some say, he would recognize this. more ›