Fate of David Linthicum, accused of shooting Baltimore County officers, in hands of jury
After closing arguments on Wednesday, the judge read the instructions to the jurors to begin deliberating.
Watch CBS News
WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren came to WJZ in the spring of 2004 from KARK-TV, an NBC affiliate station in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he worked as a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor. Solid reporting credentials and a reputation for breaking important news stories characterized Mike's work both there and at KTAL-TV, another NBC station in Shreveport, La. where he also was a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor.
He also worked as a reporter/producer/photographer for KLAX-TV, an ABC station in Alexandria, Louisiana, and started his career in broadcast journalism with a cable news program called First Edition News in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Mike holds a B.S. degree in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and grew up partly in both Chicago and Louisiana.
After closing arguments on Wednesday, the judge read the instructions to the jurors to begin deliberating.
The defense rested after blaming police for a botched response to a mental health crisis.
Jurors saw more graphic images Friday in the trial of David Linthicum who is accused of the attempted murder of two Baltimore County police officers last year.
A video of that shooting, obtained by WJZ, was repeatedly shown in the trial of David Linthicum.
Two Baltimore County police officers testified about the frightening moments when a suicidal suspect opened fire on them in February 2023.
David Linthicum is fighting attempted murder charges that could send him to prison for the rest of his life.
The jury was selected in Baltimore County for David Linthicum, 25, charged with attempted murder for shooting two police officers.
A woman who pleaded guilty to trying to blow up power stations around Baltimore in a white supremacist plot may serve an 18-year prison sentence.
Rasheed Morris, a man convicted of killing Israeli tourist Efraim Gordon in 2021, was sentenced to life in prison with all but 40 years suspended Thursday.
The autopsy report for Ronald Silver II, a Baltimore DPW worker who died while working in August, showed the man overheated in the extreme temperatures.
Those appealing, including the Archdiocese of Washington, which controls several Maryland churches, said they should not be sued for cases dating back decades.
As of January 2024, Maryland saw turnover in 11 voting jurisdictions.
Students at Joppatowne High School will return to class on Thursday.
Federal officials in Baltimore announced a multi-million-dollar reward for six Russian citizens charged with trying to hack into a U.S. government agency based in Maryland.
Survivors of sexual abuse within the Catholic church are calling on the Maryland Attorney General to complete his investigation into abuses in all Maryland churches.