The streets in the Eastwood community of Southeast Baltimore were quiet Wednesday morning, hours after police fatally shot a man they say fired a gun at officers — the department’s second shooting of a suspect in two days.

A person armed with a knife was shot by a Baltimore Police officer Monday during a response to a mental health crisis, department officials said.

Despite recent gains, the department is still about 400 sworn officers short of its ideal staffing level of about 2,600 officers.

Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley sat down with The Baltimore Sun to reflect on the human stakes behind the city’s sharp decline in violence — and the work he says remains unfinished. While recent data show homicides and shootings trending downward at one of the fastest rates in the country,

Baltimore Police is reshaping its approach to community policing, and young people in the city are helping.

The Baltimore Police Department is building a community advisory board aimed at connecting with the city’s LGBTQ+ community. According to Dani Lawson, the department’s Special Liaison for LGBTQIA+, Older/Vulnerable Adults, and Deaf/Hard of Hearing ...

The Fourth Circuit delivered that stark message to employers on January 6, 2026, when it revived a Black police officer's discrimination case against the Baltimore Police Department, despite the city having conducted a two-year investigation that culminated in findings against the officer at a formal hearing.

Baltimore Police arrested three, including two teens, after an armed carjacking. They used a helicopter and a pursuit to apprehend the suspects in the Upton neighborhood.

The Baltimore Police Department has released body-worn camera footage of a Dec. 16 incident in which officers shot a driver who accelerated toward them during a pursuit.

The Baltimore Police Department’s Special Investigations Response Team is investigating a police-involved shooting that left one man injured after a pursuit on Tuesday night. Police shot the man after a narcotics investigation led to a vehicle pursuit ...

A man was fatally shot early Sunday in West Baltimore, and police are investigating the incident. No suspect information or victim identity has been released yet.