According to a news release from the police department, 43-year-old Katrina M. Prieur of Upper Marlboro died a day after the crash due to the injuries she sustained in the collision.

Police said that around 6:15 p.m., officers arrived at the intersection of Mount Zion Marlboro Road and Main Street in Lothian for a crash involving a motorcycle.

According to the news release, investigators determined a 2012 Honda Accord was turning left onto Mount Zion Marlboro Road from Main Street when it was struck by Prieur, who was driving a 2009 Yamaha Star motorcycle west on Mount Zion Marlboro Road.

Police said Prieur struck the Honda’s driver’s side rear quarter panel, causing Prieur to be ejected from the motorcycle and land in the road.

The Honda was driven by a 20-year-old man from Bowie who was not injured in the accident, according to the news release.

Prieur was flown to the University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore with life-threatening injuries. She died the following day, police said.

The department’s Crash Reconstruction Team is investigating the collision.

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Tiffany Carr, 35, pleaded guilty Thursday and was sentenced to 25 years of incarceration with all but 10 years suspended. Once released, Carr will have to complete five years of supervised probation.

According to a news release from the Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney’s Office, Carr must undergo any substance abuse evaluations, treatment and mental health evaluations ordered by the court.

On the evening of Aug. 17, 2024, first responders arrived at Carr’s apartment in the 8000 block of Winding Wood Road and found Carr’s daughter, Nevaeh Dunscomb, lying face down on a futon, according to the news release.

The child was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead an hour later, the State’s Attorney’s Office said.

According to charging documents, Carr had taken drugs earlier that day and had been fading in and out of sleep for most of the afternoon. She told detectives when she realized her daughter was unresponsive, she administered two doses of Narcan and called for help.

The State’s Attorney’s Office said investigators determined Nevaeh had ingested fentanyl that day and her cause of death was ruled to be narcotic intoxication.

In an interview, Carr told investigators that the day of her daughter’s death, she made breakfast and then fell asleep on the futon throughout the afternoon. According to charging documents, she told investigators when she woke up to take another hit of drugs, she saw Navaeh fall from the futon to the floor. Police said Carr also noticed her daughter wasn’t breathing.

Crime scene investigators recovered a smoking device and several drug capsules that tested positive for fentanyl from around the futon in Carr’s home, according to the State’s Attorney’s Office.

In a statement, Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess said calling this death a tragedy would be an understatement.

“Sadly, not a single person was in the courtroom today to speak on behalf of this child because there was no one else she could count on other than her mother,” Leitess said. “The actions of this defendant were reckless, inexcusable and showed total disregard for the safety of her toddler. This defendant failed this child terribly and will have to live with the consequences.”

Leitess added, “We will continue to fight every day to protect our most vulnerable.”

Anne Arundel County public defender Bethany Skopp, who represented Carr, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Elkridge teen Mactouko Ryan faces first-degree murder and a slew of other charges related to the death of 18-year-old Jonathan Guiliani, according to a news release from the Anne Arundel County Police Department.

Anne Arundel Police said during its investigation Ryan was identified as a suspect and was arrested Tuesday.

According to charging documents obtained by the Capital Gazette, at approximately 4:50 a.m. on May 24, officers arrived at the Crazy Crab restaurant in Glen Burnie for a report of gunshots. Police said when officers arrived, they found Guiliani suffering from an apparent gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead.

Marc Limansky, a spokesperson for the department, said the shooting began as an armed robbery. Limansky said police believe Ryan and a “few others” attempted to rob Guiliani and another person, who was not injured.

According to charging documents, Guiliani and his friend were walking on the Baltimore and Annapolis Trail toward the Crazy Crab when a group of people pulled up in a stolen white Acura and attempted to rob them. There was a brief struggle between Guiliani and Ryan when the gun fired and struck Guiliani, investigators said.

The Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled Guiliani’s death a homicide due to a gunshot wound.

Investigators say the people with Ryan then fired their guns at Guiliani’s friend, who fled. The friend was not injured, according to charging documents.

Ryan and the other suspects then left in the stolen vehicle, police said.

Along with first-degree murder, Ryan faces an additional 36 charges, including assault, reckless endangerment, armed robbery, theft and firearms charges. If convicted, he could face a life sentence for first-degree murder.

Limansky said police are still investigating the individuals they believe Ryan was with at the time of the robbery and shooting.

The case was not available in public Maryland court records as of Thursday.

Anyone with information about the incident can reach homicide detectives at 410-222-4731. Those who would like to remain anonymous can call the Anne Arundel County Police Tip Line at 410-222-4700 or contact Crime Stoppers at 866-7LOCKUP or metrocrimestoppers.org/submit-a-tip.

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During a news conference outside of the district’s Dr. Carol Sheffey Parham Building Wednesday, attorney Thiru Vignarajah said this should not be a difficult choice.

Vignarajah, who is representing multiple families of students involved in Schlegel’s case, said just one girl coming forward with allegations of abuse by a teacher should be enough for a school system to terminate that teacher.

“So for the Anne Arundel school board to even consider returning this teacher accused of so much by so many [to the classroom] … [it] would require you to conclude that every one of these girls is lying,” he said.

During the news conference, which was held before the start of an Anne Arundel County Board of Education meeting, Vignarajah announced the launch of a petition drive. The petition, which can be found at thirulaw.com/webelievethem, demands that Anne Arundel County Public Schools keep Schlegel out of the classroom.

Schlegel, 45, was acquitted in June on all felony charges related to accusations made by students that he inappropriately touched them. Two weeks after the verdict, state prosecutors said they would not prosecute three remaining second-degree assault counts that the jury could not come to a decision on, and the case was dismissed.

Since being acquitted on all felony charges, Schlegel has been returned to paid status and the district has been reviewing his employment.

Anne Arundel County Public Schools spokesperson Bob Mosier has said the district will make further decisions on Schlegel’s employment “in accordance with our obligations under state law.”

As of Wednesday, the district was still making its decision and Schlegel was still employed by the school system.

“As a 10-month employee, he does not work in the summer and is, therefore, not currently assigned to a work location,” Mosier said in a statement.

It remains unclear exactly how long it will take the district to make its decision regarding Schlegel’s employment. The 2025-2026 school year begins Aug. 25 for elementary students, according to the district’s website.

Kathi Hoke, a law professor at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law in Baltimore, said the district’s decision could range from terminating Schlegel to putting him back in the classroom. She said the district’s options could also include putting him in an administrative role or negotiating with him to “voluntarily separate” from the district.

As supporters — including roughly a dozen district teachers — stood behind Vignarajah during the news conference, Vignarajah said unless the district is ready to say it doesn’t believe any of Schlegel’s accusers, its decision is “pre-ordained” to not reinstate him to a teaching position.

Vignarajah said the group standing behind him does not want Schlegel in any position in the district, especially a teaching position.

“So just do the right thing,” he said. “Don’t let him near the kids again.”

During the Board of Education meeting Wednesday, three residents came forward during public comment to speak about sexual abuse in schools, urging the district to review its sexual misconduct policies.

“I urge you to seize this moment and commit to making Anne Arundel County Public Schools the safest in Maryland, a model for the nation and the world in preventing, detecting and responding to educator sexual misconduct,” Jeremiah Grossman said during the meeting.

Attorney Patrick Seidel, who represents Schlegel, said in a statement he is “deeply concerned” with the “ongoing efforts to damage” Schlegel’s reputation and livelihood.

“After investigations by multiple state agencies and a full public trial, he was acquitted of all charges,” Seidel said about Schlegel. “That verdict is not just a legal technicality — it is a formal recognition that the allegations against him are not supported by credible evidence.”

Seidel said “certain individuals” are continuing to repeat “false claims” and attempting to pressure Anne Arundel County Public Schools to fire Schlegel.

“Trying to destroy someone’s livelihood based on false allegations and the personal opinions of the uninformed is not justice — it’s mob rule,” Seidel said. “Let me be clear: making and repeating knowingly false and damaging statements about someone who has been exonerated in a court of law is unethical and defamatory.”

Seidel said Schlegel has “the right to rebuild his life and career without being subjected to a campaign of misinformation and harassment.”

“I urge everyone to respect the judicial outcome, cease the spread of falsehoods, and consider the harm being done — not only to him, but to the integrity of our community,” Seidel said. “We cannot allow fear, rumor, or the personal agendas of a select few to replace the rule of law.”

Mosier declined to comment on the petition Wednesday.

Kristina Korona, president of the Teachers Association of Anne Arundel County, did not respond to a request for comment on the petition.

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Craig McQuin, 36, pleaded guilty in the Anne Arundel County Circuit Court on Monday to one count of second-degree malicious burning for using the flamethrower on the street.

After his plea, McQuin was sentenced to one year of incarceration with the sentence suspended and one year of supervised probation.

Anne Arundel Circuit Judge Richard Trunnell said McQuin will have to forfeit his flamethrower and complete 60 hours of community service within six months.

“I come from a more genteel time,” Trunnell said to McQuin, explaining that people who disagreed politically could still be friends.

Trunnell said people should act with kindness and consideration. He said no matter what side of the aisle you are on, the people on the other side “are not bad people.”

“We’re all Americans,” Trunnell said.

During the plea hearing, Anne Arundel County Assistant State’s Attorney April Skrenczuk said in November McQuin used an illegal flamethrower to burn “TRUMP” and “USA” into the street, leaving a “permanent burn mark.” She said footage of the act went viral on the social media platform TikTok.

According to a recording obtained by the Capital Gazette, the 30-second TikTok video, which was first published in November and has since been deleted, shows a person walking up to the black-outlined set of letters on a street. A line of small flames ignites a blue ring of fire that expands across the road.

The video shows the word “TRUMP” burning into the asphalt of Hickory Hollow Drive.

One still frame then shows the same person posing with their work before transitioning to another with the enflamed “USA.”

The video ends with a clip of the person setting off a firework.

Throughout the video, the words “God Bless America!” are written across the screen and a song celebrating President Donald Trump and denouncing then-President Joe Biden plays in the background.

Anne Arundel County Fire investigators who responded to the Creekside Village community in Glen Burnie for a vandalism complaint in November said the burn marks stretched between 15 and 20 feet in length and approximately 5 feet in width, costing $5,500 to repair.

During the plea hearing, McQuin’s attorney, Joseph Lamore Jr., said the burning occurred a few days after the 2024 general election on a quiet road no other people were out on at the time.

“He was a little euphoric about the election and not thinking straight,” Lamore said about McQuin.

Lamore said McQuin, a dad of three, didn’t intend to hurt anyone or damage the road. He said the burned words only stained the surface of the road.

McQuin went out the next day to try to power wash the marks off the road and, when that didn’t work, he paid the homeowners association for the road to be fixed, Lamore said.

He apologized and told Trunnell he didn’t intend anything malicious.

“It was a stupid mistake,” McQuin said. “It won’t happen again.”

McQuin was also charged with two counts of manufacturing, possessing or distributing a destructive device and one count of malicious destruction of property. Those charges were not prosecuted by the state as part of the plea agreement.

Before Trunnell handed McQuin his sentence on Monday, Lamore asked that his client be granted probation before judgment, which is where the court defers a formal judgment and conviction while the defendant serves probation.

Trunnell said he would consider granting it after the 60 hours of community service have been completed.

In a statement, Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess said although McQuin’s actions were “reckless” and “damaged community property,” she appreciated that he “accepted full responsibility.”

Lamore did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Following the verdict, Anne Arundel County Public Schools spokesperson Bob Mosier said the then-suspended teacher would be returned to paid status and the district would make further decisions on his employment “in accordance with our obligations under state law.”

This week, Mosier said the district is still making its decision and that Schlegel, 45, is still employed by the school system.

It’s unclear exactly how long it will take the district to make its decision. The 2025-2026 school year begins Aug. 25 for elementary students, according to the district’s website.

“It will take as long as necessary to play out appropriately,” Mosier said Wednesday, adding that teachers work 10 months out of the year, not in the summer.

Last year, Schlegel was indicted by a grand jury on charges that included sex abuse of a minor, second-degree assault, and third- and fourth-degree sex offenses. Following a monthlong trial, a jury found him not guilty of 18 charges but could not decide on three counts of second-degree assault.

Two weeks later, state prosecutors said they would not prosecute the remaining counts, and the case was dismissed.

But in many ways, Schlegel’s case has not been dismissed in the Severna Park community.

Bright pink signs posted on the lawns of homes and businesses in the community say “We believe them” in bold white lettering.

Families of the girls who accused Schlegel of inappropriate touching have said that their fight has only begun.

According to documents filed in the Maryland Judiciary, one mother has filed a civil lawsuit against Schlegel and the district, alleging Schlegel abused her child in the classroom and the school “knew or should have known” it was happening.

According to court records, as of Friday, Schlegel was named in one civil lawsuit alleging abuse.

Mosier said the district is “aware of the legal filings to date” as well as the strong feelings in the community.

He said he “wouldn’t speculate” whether the district has been in communication with Schlegel.

Mosier also said he wouldn’t speculate on the possible routes the district could take in deciding on Schlegel’s employment.

Kathi Hoke, a professor of law at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law in Baltimore, sees three possibilities when it comes to situations like Schlegel’s.

She said a school district could terminate the teacher, put them back in the classroom or give them an administrative role where they are not dealing directly with students.

Hoke said it would be “incredibly rare” for a teacher who was charged and tried for abusing students to return to any classroom, especially in the school or district where the allegations were made.

She said that while a criminal case requires a “really high burden of proof,” there might be enough evidence to terminate that teacher in an administrative proceeding.

Hoke said a school system could also terminate an employee through school policies “short of” sexual or physical abuse. She gave an example of a teacher inviting young students into their classroom after hours for no curriculum- or extracurricular-related reason.

“And so, even if you can’t prove that they engaged in sexual contact with the student, that behavior’s actually not allowed,” she said.

Hoke said that in the event a school district doesn’t think it has sufficient evidence to fire the teacher, it can negotiate with that teacher to “voluntarily separate” from the district.

Hoke said the teacher might be “motivated” to negotiate with the school district because that teacher doesn’t want to return to the classroom after everything that’s occurred.

“Because obviously in the internet age, everyone will know,” she said. “And everyone will know you were found not guilty, but everyone will know you were accused. And some people will never believe that you didn’t do it.”

Hoke said a school district could also put the teacher in an administrative position, such as curriculum development.

However, right now, many schools don’t have space for additional positions, she said. Earlier this month, the Anne Arundel school system said it expects to lose $4.2 million in federal funding following Trump administration cuts.

“We’re in such difficult times for funding for school systems,” she said. “There just aren’t excess positions in administration to put someone.”

Moving to teach in another district in the state may also prove challenging. Hoke brought up a bill passed by the Maryland General Assembly in 2019 that ensures school districts complete a more detailed background investigation on those applying for jobs that involve direct contact with children.

The bill guarantees that background checks don’t just mean looking for convictions and formal discipline, Hoke said, but looking for other discipline that might not have been documented.

Hoke said there could be a teacher who left a school district after getting multiple warnings about certain behavior, and this bill makes it harder for that teacher to move to another district and engage in that same “sketchy behavior.”

As part of the bill, school districts in the state are also required to provide that information.

Schlegel did not respond to a request for comment.

Attorney Thiru Vignarajah, who is representing seven of the families of students involved in Schlegel’s case, said it would be “most appropriate” for Schlegel to be fired. Vignarajah said it would be “unacceptable” and “reckless” for the district to return Schlegel to any position where he can interact with young girls.

Kristina Korona, president of the Teachers Association of Anne Arundel County, said in an email that Schlegel’s case is in the school district’s hands.

“Like every tenured employee, Matthew Schlegel is entitled to due process,” she said. “And just as we do for every member of our union, TAAAC will ensure that his rights are upheld.”

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Esther Dikongue-Bayighomog — who was a legislative aide for state Sen. William C. Smith Jr. during most of the time prosecutors say she stole scholarship money — will have to serve four consecutive weekends of incarceration, according to a Wednesday news release from the Office of the State Prosecutor.

Following those four weekends, Dikongue-Bayighomog will receive probation before judgment and will be on supervised probation for two years.

Probation before judgment means the court has deferred a formal judgment and conviction while the defendant serves probation.

Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton T. Howard III said his office argued for a criminal conviction because Dikongue-Bayighomog “undermined the important trust” legislators must have with their aides. He said in the news release that his office will continue its efforts to ensure government employees in the state are “held to the highest standard while serving the public interest.”

“Our Office worked hard in this case to raise awareness that abusing the trust the people of Maryland place in our legislative offices will result in criminal consequences,” he said in the release.

Attorney Thomas J. Maronick Jr., whose office represented Dikongue-Bayighomog, said his client is “very pleased” with the sentence. He said she feels remorseful and looks forward to moving on with her life and career in international relations.

During the sentencing hearing, Dikongue-Bayighomog presented the state with a $20,000 restitution check, which is the amount she was charged with stealing.

In a statement of facts, which was read at the plea hearing, prosecutors said Dikongue-Bayighomog was working for a state senator when she took scholarship funds without authorization.

According to charging documents, Maryland senators are given a certain amount of money each year to distribute for student scholarships. Each senator can determine the selection criteria for the scholarships as well as how the scholarship funds are divided.

Prosecutors said Smith, a Montgomery County Democrat referred to as Senator A in charging documents, required that his scholarship applicants live in Montgomery County and attend a Maryland college or an out-of-state school that offers a qualifying major not available at a state institution.

According to prosecutors, Dikongue-Bayighomog’s role in Smith’s office included checking his email and “administering, monitoring, and interacting with” his scholarship committee.

In July 2022, Dikongue-Bayighomog awarded herself a scholarship even though she never submitted a scholarship application through Smith’s office nor completed the required essay, prosecutors said.

Dikongue-Bayighomog told the Maryland Higher Education Commission that she was one of the students selected by Smith and told an employee of the commission that Smith had awarded her $10,000 to be sent to American University in Washington, D.C., according to the statement of facts.

After she no longer worked in Smith’s office, prosecutors said Dikongue-Bayighomog would access Smith’s email without permission to “ensure she continued to receive the scholarship funds.”

Prosecutors said that in 2024, she told the higher education committee that Smith had renewed her scholarship and the commission eventually disbursed another $10,000.

Smith did not respond to a request for comment. When Dikongue-Bayighomog was charged in January, Smith told The Baltimore Sun that once he was “aware of what was going on,” he reported it to the Office of the State Prosecutor.

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According to a news release from the United States Attorney’s Office, Seth Jason was indicted on charges of influencing a federal official by threatening a family member, influencing a federal official by threat, interstate communications with a threat to kidnap or injure and anonymous telecommunications harassment. He was arrested Thursday by U.S. Capitol Police.

Investigators for the U.S. Capitol Police and the State Department Office of Inspector General, say that between Oct. 11, 2023 and Jan. 21, 2025, Jason made threatening calls to two district offices for Greene, a Republican representative from Georgia.

On eight of the phone calls, the U.S. Attorney’s Office alleges, Jason threatened to kill Greene, her staff and their families through the use of firearms.

According to the news release, the calls were made from “various phone lines” connected to the headquarters of the company Jason worked for, Voice of America.

An international news agency funded by the government, Voice of America has its headquarters in Washington, D.C. The organization has seen hundreds of employees fired under the Trump administration.

According to a news release from the Anne Arundel County Police Department, Jason was also a volunteer with the Anne Arundel County Police Reserve Officer Unit.

Jason, who has been a volunteer with the unit since 2016, is “no longer affiliated” with it, according to the news release. Marc Limansky, a spokesperson for the Anne Arundel County Police Department, said that when Anne Arundel County Police learned of Jason’s arrest, they removed him from the unit.

Anne Arundel County reserve officers are unarmed and do not have police authority, the department said in its release.

Jason’s initial appearance in the U.S. District Court was held Thursday afternoon.

If convicted on all charges, Jason could face a maximum sentence of 27 years.

James Dennis Murphy, Jason’s attorney, did not immediately return a request for comment Thursday evening.

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JaQuan Guy, 18, pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count each of first- and second-degree assault.

Anne Arundel County Assistant State’s Attorney April Skrenczuk said the first-degree assault charge was for a stabbing that occurred in a bathroom at Meade High School earlier this year.

She said that on Jan. 23, Anne Arundel County Police went to the school after a student was stabbed in the chest and abdomen, which she said caused life-threatening injuries that required “extensive” surgery.

Skrenczuk said the 17-year-old victim told a school resource officer, “Sheisty got me.” Police later determined the victim was referring to Guy.

The stabbing occurred after Guy squared up with the victim and the victim took the first punch, Skrenczuk said.

According to charging documents, the victim told police he felt a “burning sensation.” He said a 14-year-old, who was also charged in the incident, punched him after the stabbing.

One witness told detectives he watched the fight and saw some “underhand jabs,” then heard the victim say, “Help, I’ve been stabbed,” as he fell to the ground.

Skrenczuk said a staff member confirmed Guy entered the bathroom before the stabbing and exited it shortly after. Surveillance footage from outside the bathroom confirmed this, police said.

Hours after the stabbing, Guy and the 14-year-old boy were apprehended on the base of Fort Meade, an Army installation along the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, which is home to the public high school. Anne Arundel County Police spokesperson Marc Limansky said the 14-year-old was charged as an adult, but the department could not release his name due to the possibility that his case could get “waived back to juvenile court.”

Skrenczuk said the stabbing occurred one day after Guy and the victim met for an arranged fight for money in a school bathroom, which is the incident Guy pleaded guilty to second-degree assault for.

Skrenczuk said the two were fighting for $600, and when the victim didn’t pay up, Guy grabbed him, struck him and tried to get into his pockets. It is unclear where the $600 came from.

According to charging documents, the victim told police he punched Guy in the face to try to get away and Guy started punching him back.

Both guilty pleas came as part of a plea agreement that Anne Arundel Circuit Judge Mark Crooks called a compromise.

With the plea agreement, the state did not prosecute other charges against Guy, including attempted murder, reckless endangerment, robbery and false imprisonment.

A first-degree assault charge carries a maximum sentence of 25 years, and a second-degree assault charge has a maximum sentence of 10 years.

Skrenczuk said during the hearing that for the first-degree assault charge, the state recommends Guy be sentenced to 20 years with all but four to nine of those years suspended. She said that for the second-degree assault charge, the state recommends a sentence of 10 years with all but three months of probation suspended.

Crooks said he understood that the defense planned to recommend a lower sentence than the state during the sentencing hearing in September. However, Guy’s attorney, David Putzi, did not say what that recommendation would be during the plea hearing, and he did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Sentencings are scheduled for Sept. 19 for the first-degree assault charge and Sept. 22 for the second-degree assault charge.

Before the end of the hearing, Crooks said Guy’s life has been leading up to this “watershed moment.” He advised Guy to get through this moment and make smart decisions moving forward.

“You’ve really got to focus on your future and what that means to you in a positive and constructive light,” he said. “What you do now is up to you.”

Bob Mosier, a spokesperson for Anne Arundel County Public Schools, said the incidents in January caused “a significant amount of trauma” for the victim and the Meade community as a whole.

“And we have spent a great deal of time trying to repair that trauma,” he said.

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Raishaun Mason, who was in critical condition following the July 6 shooting on Bens Drive, died Monday, according to the Annapolis Police Department.

An investigation into Mason’s death is ongoing, Annapolis Police Department spokesperson Kortlan Jackson said Wednesday. Jackson said the department has identified one person of interest in the case, but did not provide that person’s name, saying that the department was unable to share it with the public at this stage in their investigation.

According to a news release from the police department, officers arrived at Bens Drive around 1:40 a.m. July 6. Police said that when they arrived, Mason was unresponsive with an injury consistent with a gunshot wound.

Mason was taken to a hospital, where he was listed in critical condition. Police said at the time that he was not likely to survive.

On Tuesday, the police department was told by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner that Mason died, Jackson said.

Anyone with information about the incident should call detectives at 410-280-CLUE or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP.

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