BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Maryland Attorney General’s Office on Thursday released body camera footage from a Baltimore County Police shooting in which an officer was shot and the suspect was killed in Towson earlier this month. Joseph Robert Henry Thompson, 66, was shot and killed by police after he shot at an officer, according to police. Established in response to 2021 police reforms, the attorney general’s Independent Investigations Division is tasked with investigating all civilian deaths at the hands of law enforcement. The division will try to release the footage within 14 days, but sometime ..read more

TOWSON, Md. (AP) — More than 100 employees of an Apple store in a suburb of Baltimore voted to unionize by a nearly 2-to-1 margin Saturday, joining a growing U.S. push across tech, retail and service industries to organize for greater workplace protections, a union said. The workers in Towson, Maryland, voted by a 65-33 margin to seek entry into the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, the union’s announcement said. The vote outcome could not immediately be confirmed with the National Labor Relations Board, which would have to certify the outcome and did not immediate ..read more

TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) — Gun crime in Towson continued Saturday night after a shootout at Virginia Towers left a suspect dead and an officer wounded. The officer was released Sunday night from Medstar Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore County Police said. “This was an incredibly frightening incident,” Baltimore Co. Police Chief Melissa Hyatt said Saturday after reviewing the body-worn camera video. That footage is expected to be released in the coming weeks. The officer’s and suspect’s names should be released within 48 hours of the incident. “What if it happened in (the movie theater),” asked Virg ..read more

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Authorities released images Monday of a Baltimore County police officer leaving the hospital following a deadly shootout over the weekend. One of the pictures shows the unidentified officer leaving University of Maryland Shock Trauma on Sunday evening in an arm cast and a wheelchair with help from a uniformed officer. The officer was injured Saturday night in an exchange of gunfire with an armed man while responding to an “unknown trouble call” at a Towson apartment building. Officers were called to the apartment complex near the corner of Virginia and East Pennsylvania avenu ..read more

TOWSON, MD (WJZ)- A Baltimore County police-involved shooting leaves one officer injured and a suspect dead Saturday night in Towson. Baltimore County Police Chief Melissa Hyatt says officers were called to an apartment building in the 500 bock of Virginia Ave around 8:40p.m. Saturday night for an unknown trouble. When officers arrived on scene they heard what they believed to be the sound of gunfire and immediately responded to one of the upper floors of the apartment building and encountered a person armed with a handgun exiting an apartment unit. At this point an exchange of gunfire t ..read more

TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) — Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski and Baltimore County Police Chief Melissa Hyatt are set to provide an update on recent public safety disruptions in the Towson area. In the last few months Towson, which is the seat of Baltimore County, has seen several shootings in the area and recently, a brawl involving several juveniles at Towson Town Center. Towson University last month announced it will fund a grant to county police to beef up security downtown. In early January, 23-year-old Towson University student Ikemefuna Eguh was shot and killed in the unit block ..read more

TOWSON, Md. (AP) — Charles Thompson had 22 points and 17 rebounds as Towson topped James Madison 84-65 on Wednesday night. Terry Nolan Jr. added 21 points for the Tigers. Thompson made 10 of 12 shots. Nicolas Timberlake had 14 points for Towson (22-7, 13-3 Colonial Athletic Association), which earned its fifth consecutive victory. Cam Holden added 12 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists. Terrence Edwards had 17 points for the Dukes (15-13, 6-11). Jalen Hodge added 10 points. Julien Wooden also had 10 points. ___ For more AP college basketball coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/college-bask ..read more

TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) — A Baltimore man was charged in the carjacking of a food delivery driver Sunday night in Towson, Baltimore County Police said. Officers responded at 8:30 p.m. to the 100 block of E. Joppa Rd, near the Cinemark movie theater, for the reported carjacking. Police said a short time later, members of the Baltimore County Carjacking Team and the Regional Auto Theft Task Force arrested 26-year-old Leontay Hancock. Hancock is being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center without bond. His is charged with armed carjacking, assault and several related charges ..read more

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Homicide detectives are investigating a fatal shooting that killed a 23-year-old Towson University student early Tuesday in Towson. At about 2 a.m., officers responded to a shooting in the unit block of West Susquehanna Avenue where they found Ikemefuna Eguh on the road, dead from at least one gunshot wound. He was about to begin his last semester. Eguh is enrolled at Towson University as a senior, according to university staff. He grew up in East Orange, New Jersey and is known as “Ikem” by his friends. The student had dreams of being a star, spending time in the recording s ..read more

TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) — More than one-third of Baltimore City’s public schools closed to in-person instruction Monday, a last-minute decision made because of the high number of positive Covid-19 cases. In all, 60 of the city’s 155 schools went virtual. You can see a list of the schools and any updates here: https://www.baltimorecityschools.org/alerts-updates “I’m super worried. It put me into a dark place. I’m scared. I am afraid,” mother Khayah Benjamin told WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren. She has several students in the system including a second grader whose pod tested positive at George Wa ..read more