Death of Freddie Gray

The shooting happened Sunday after a Fourth of July holiday weekend party, police said.
Police said an 18-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man were killed, and nine people were hospitalized, including several in critical condition.
"Among the injured are 14 victims under the age of 18," said Acting Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley.

Production on Apple TV+'s "Lady in the Lake" series, starring Natalie Portman, had to temporarily shut down production after someone threatened to shoot up the Baltimore set, according to police.

A group of drug dealers threatened to begin firing on set unless the producers paid them $50,000, the Baltimore Banner reported on Aug. 28.

A grand jury indicted six Baltimore police officers May 21 over the death of African-American Freddie Gray in their custody last month, a state attorney said.    

Baltimore lifted a curfew May 3 that was imposed across the US East Coast city following widespread riots, as thousands of National Guard troops began to pull out.

Numerous protesters were arrested for defying a curfew in Baltimore May 1 night, hours after six police were charged over the death of an African-American man who was in their custody.
  
The protesters struck a defiant chord with police, even after the six officers were charged earlier in the day over the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray.
  

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio denied that the city had toughened its policing strategy in response to the riots in Baltimore after some lawmakers accused the city's police force of overly aggressive tactics in its handling of protests on April 29 at night.

Protesters marched against police violence in cities from New York to Denver on April 29, and a large demonstration in Baltimore ended peacefully two days after rioting over the death of a black man injured in police custody. 

Thousands of police in riot gear and National Guard troops patrolled Baltimore to enforce a curfew at night, dispersing protesters with pepper spray a day after the city was shaken by the worst rioting in the United States in years. 

Rioters plunged part of Baltimore into chaos April 27, torching a pharmacy, setting police cars ablaze and throwing bricks at officers hours after thousands mourned the man who died from a severe spinal injury he suffered in police custody.

The city of Baltimore in the US state of Maryland has issued a state of emergency on account of the riots taking place.

Upon the Monday night protests a number of private and business properties have been looted, police cars set on fire and several police officers have suffered severe injuries, as reported by the BBC.