Mathew Schumer

Mathew Schumer is a night reporter for The Baltimore Sun. Before joining The Sun, he wrote for the Washington City Paper as its primary crime reporter. He is from Newtown, Connecticut, and received his master's from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Johns Hopkins University's administration building.

Johns Hopkins to license books for AI training; authors can opt out

July 26, 2025 at 9:48 a.m.

The Johns Hopkins University Press plans to license its books for use in AI model training, aiming to boost visibility and protect content from unauthorized use.

Police presence at in Penn North where at least 25 people were hospitalized Thursday after experiencing what officials believe to be overdoses in Baltimore’s Penn North neighborhood. (Kenneth K. Lam/Staff)

Woman dies on street in Penn North, a neighborhood where mass overdoses occurred

July 25, 2025 at 6:21 p.m.

Baltimore Police are investigating the death of a woman found unresponsive in Penn North on Thursday, less than a week after the neighborhood’s second mass overdose event in July.

File - University of Maryland, College Park. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

University of Maryland made thousands of unapproved purchases, audit finds

July 25, 2025 at 3:55 p.m.

A legislative audit filed Thursday found that thousands of purchases made by the University of Maryland, College Park, amounting to millions of dollars, were not properly reviewed.

Police tape at a crime scene in Baltimore, Md.

Release of bodycam footage in Baltimore in-custody death delayed

July 23, 2025 at 6:42 p.m.

The Maryland Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division has delayed releasing body camera footage related to the June in-custody death of Dontae Melton Jr. due to the volume and complexity of...

45-year-old man shot in Wakefield on Tuesday, Baltimore Police say

July 22, 2025 at 9:46 p.m.

A 45-year-old-man was shot on Windsor Gardens Lane in Wakefield on Tuesday evening, according to the Baltimore Police Department.

Police tape sits on the trunk of a cruiser as Baltimore police investigate the scene of a July shooting along West North Avenue in West Baltimore. Among the charter amendments city residents are considering this year is one that would put the Baltimore Police Department fully under the city's control.

64-year-old man dies Saturday afternoon after shooting in South Baltimore

July 20, 2025 at 3:26 p.m.

A man died Saturday afternoon after a fatal shooting in South Baltimore, according to a statement from police.

Miles of razor wire surround the outer fences of North Branch Correctional Institution outside of Cumberland.

Maryland State Police investigating death of inmate at North Branch facility

July 19, 2025 at 5:49 p.m.

A Maryland inmate at North Branch Correctional Institution died Friday in what police are investigating as a suspected homicide by another inmate.

Man arrested in March Baltimore County double homicide; officials investigating death of his mother

July 19, 2025 at 5:10 p.m.

Baltimore County Police arrested a man Friday and charged him with first-degree murder in the March deaths of two people found in an Oliver Heights Road home.

Baltimore eviction leads to 65-pound marijuana, cash seizure

July 18, 2025 at 8:40 p.m.

Deputies serving an eviction in North Baltimore found about 65 pounds of suspected cannabis and nearly $47,000 in cash inside an apartment.

5 hospitalized after Penn North overdoses, just over a week after mass event

July 18, 2025 at 7:08 p.m.

Five people overdosed and were hospitalized in Baltimore’s Penn North neighborhood Friday, just eight days after a mass overdose there sent at least 27 people to hospitals

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