Luke Parker

Luke Parker is a reporter for The Baltimore Sun, focusing on Baltimore County and public safety. He previously covered crime and courts for The Capital Gazette, as well as several community and political beats for The Record Observer. He was raised in Ellicott City and graduated from Towson University in 2021. He joined Baltimore Sun Media in 2022.

A burnt fawn was found Thursday morning in the Forge Heights neighborhood in Perry Hall. Neighbors said it had a rope tied around its neck and though the body was removed from the road, the pavement was still stained Friday. (Luke Parker/Staff)

‘Heinous’: burnt fawn in Perry Hall neighborhood baffles, worries residents

July 25, 2025 at 4:19 p.m.

A deer was found burnt in a neighborhood street Thursday morning, a rope underneath it. Baltimore County Police said they're investigating.

Standing with attorney Thiru Vignarajah, Baltimore City Public Works employee Travis Christian says he hopes a lawsuit can provide some form of comfort for the family of his colleague, Ronald Silver II, who died on the job last year of heat exhaustion, and the poor working conditions he and others face every day. (Luke Parker/Staff)

Family of Baltimore DPW worker who died on job threatens civil rights lawsuit against city

July 24, 2025 at 8:40 p.m.

The family Ronald Silver II, who died of a heat stroke on the job, says a "culture of silence" endangers Baltimore Public Works employees.

Mayor Brandon Scott, City Council President Zeke Cohen, Police Commissioner Richard Worley and other officials announce the expansion of the city’s Group Violence Reduction Strategy in Cherry Hill.

Baltimore City expands violence reduction efforts to Southern District as homicides, crime plummet

July 23, 2025 at 6:39 p.m.

An anti-violence strategy that relies on collaboration between community and city leaders will have a bigger presence in South Baltimore, an area that has been historically "ignored" and underserved, Mayor...

Kevin Ahn appeared virtually to face murder charges Monday at the District Court in Towson. (Luke Parker/Staff)

Competency evaluation ordered for man accused of driving dead mom to Pennsylvania

July 21, 2025 at 6:28 p.m.

In his first court hearing in Maryland, Kevin Ahn refused help from a public defender and dodged most of a judge's questions.

The University of Maryland Medical System building at the corner of Pratt and Paca in Baltimore.

Medicaid provider calls University of Maryland Medical System suit ‘baseless’

July 18, 2025 at 9:56 p.m.

A Maryland Medicaid provider accused of denying over $15 million worth of patient claims decried the University of Maryland Medical System's lawsuit against them as a baseless attempt to seek...

Teen suspected of firing gun during Walmart fight in Baltimore County arrested

July 18, 2025 at 6:57 p.m.

Baltimore County Police believe a 16-year-old was assaulting someone with a handgun when it went off at the Carroll Island Shopping Center.

Shooting outside Baltimore gas station leads to life sentence

July 17, 2025 at 3:55 p.m.

A 21-year-old Baltimore man was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday after shooting two people outside a gas station in what one prosecutor described as an "especially egregious" act.

Courtroom gavel. (INGRAM PUBLISHING/GETTY IMAGES)

Baltimore man gets two life sentences in double homicide at Belair-Edison 7-Eleven

July 17, 2025 at 3:54 p.m.

A Baltimore man was sentenced to two life sentences plus 20 years in prison for shooting that killed two men in a 7-Eleven parking lot.

A Baltimore County Police Department patrol car. (Karl Merton Ferron/Staff)

Seven youths arrested, two injured after Walmart shooting in Middle River

July 17, 2025 at 4:31 p.m.

Two people were injured in a shooting at a Baltimore County Walmart on Wednesday after a fight involving juveniles near the store’s entrance, police said.

A judge’s gavel rests on a book of law. (Dreamstime/TNS)

Baltimore mother to serve 22 years in prison after beating 1-year-old daughter to death

July 16, 2025 at 6:33 p.m.

A young mother was sentenced to 22 years in prison Wednesday after beating and killing her infant daughter nearly three years ago in their Baltimore home.

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