Local Digest: More legal maneuvers in Freddie Gray case
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Version 0 of 1. The Maryland attorney general’s office is asking the state’s highest court to take up competing appeals in the Freddie Gray case. The agency, representing the Baltimore state’s attorney’s office, petitioned Tuesday for a writ of certiorari and expedited review regarding questions over whether Baltimore police officer William Porter can be compelled to testify against other officers while he still faces charges. Porter, one of six officers facing criminal charges in connection with the April death of Gray, has sought to block his forced testimony in the trial of officer Caesar Goodson and Sgt. Alicia White. Meanwhile, prosecutors were denied in their attempt to compel Porter to testify against officers Edward Nero and Garrett Miller and Lt. Brian Rice and are asking the appellate court to overturn that decision. The attorney general’s office wrote that all five cases should be reviewed. — Baltimore Sun District police have identified the man shot Wednesday afternoon near a public library in Southeast Washington’s Anacostia neighborhood. Maurico Walker, 23, of Northeast died at a hospital several hours after the 4 p.m. shooting in the 1800 block of U Place SE, about a half-block behind the Anacostia Neighborhood Library, according to D.C. police. Police did not release information about a possible assailant or motive. — Peter Hermann A Loudoun County man was charged Wednesday with firing his gun in Reston Hospital Center when he arrived for treatment for a gunshot wound he had suffered. The man fired twice after finding an entry locked: once at the hospital doors and once inside the building, police said. No one was wounded. Fairfax County police said Thursday that William Brock, 52, has been charged with felony destruction of property and shooting into an occupied building. He is under guard in the hospital for treatment and will be jailed in Fairfax after his discharge, police said. Officer Roger Henriquez said Brock intentionally shot himself in his car before driving to the hospital or in its lot. The hospital entrance he tried was closed, so Brock shot the glass and fired again inside when staff approached to help, police said. — Dana Hedgpeth A Springfield man has been charged with murder in a fatal daytime stabbing on a sidewalk, apparently prompted by an argument over a drug deal, police said. Dilshad Dosky, 20, was arrested Wednesday night, several hours after Shaki E. Phillip, 19, was stabbed in the 7400 block of Loughboro Lane, Fairfax County police said. Roger Henriquez, a police spokesman, said police initially were looking for two men in their late teens or early 20s, based on witness statements. — Julie Zauzmer |