Sun coverage: Ex-city councilman killed

Coverage of the fatal shooting of former Baltimore City councilman Kenneth N. Harris Sr., 45, outside the New Haven Lounge during an apparent robbery.
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Baltimore police detectives stand outside New Haven Lounge, a bar in Northwood Plaza, where former City Councilman Kenneth N. Harris Sr. was shot and killed. (Baltimore Sun photo by Jerry Jackson / September 20, 2008)

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Talk about it: Ex-city councilman fatally shot

Share your thoughts and remembrances of former city councilman Kenneth N. Harris Sr., who was fatally shot on Sept. 20, 2008, outside the New Haven Lounge jazz club during an apparent robbery.

who was the woman in the car. was it his wife?

Submitted by j b

1:55 AM EST, Dec 10, 2008

400 years of exile, you should leave the spelling to a professional just as you should leave genetic science to a scientist. I work in a genetics lab for a well known Baltimore research hospital and all of our samples are of a much lower quantity than what would have been found in that mask.

Submitted by Joe

12:28 PM EST, Dec 9, 2008

Leroy, gentlemen do not spit at reporters, nor do they possess the rap sheet those two knuckleheads have.

Submitted by Joe

12:19 PM EST, Dec 9, 2008

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2 indicted in slaying of ex-councilman Harris

Baltimore State's Attorney Patricia Jessamy said a grand jury has indicted the two men arrested in the fatal shooting of former city councilman Kenneth Harris.

Gag order sought in Harris killing case

Attorneys representing two men accused of killing former City Councilman Kenneth N. Harris Sr. are seeking a gag order in the case, arguing that publicity would make it difficult for their clients to get a fair trial.

Two men held in Harris' death

Two men were arrested yesterday in the killing of Kenneth N. Harris Sr., the former city councilman who was fatally shot in a robbery outside a Northeast Baltimore jazz club in September. The arrests brought relief to his family and to community members, some of whom had grown increasingly impatient with the police investigation.

Key DNA evidence found in the killing of Harris

Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III said detectives have recovered key DNA evidence in the killing of former City Councilman Kenneth N. Harris Sr. but need help from the public in determining the suspects' identity.

Councilwoman wants accounting from city police

Saying that Baltimore is becoming "numb and complacent" to murder, City Councilwoman Helen L. Holton demanded an update last night on the Police Department's homicide clearance rate and a briefing on the homicide investigation into the death of former Councilman Kenneth N. Harris Sr.

Income up, study says

A city-sponsored economic study shows Baltimore has about $1.2 billion more in aggregate neighborhood income than traditional markets have estimated, and city leaders say they plan to highlight these findings to developers in an attempt to revitalize four floundering shopping centers.

Gun that killed Harris tied to Jan. case

The gun used to kill former City Councilman Kenneth N. Harris Sr. had been fired in another crime in the same Northeast Baltimore shopping center months before, but police classified the earlier incident as a property crime instead of an attempted armed robbery, limiting the resources they devoted to investigating it.

Police say video images might show Harris' killers

Police released surveillance camera footage yesterday that they believe may show one or more of the suspects in the killing of former City Councilman Kenneth N. Harris Sr. The images were captured at the shopping center minutes before he was killed last month.

Harris' killing stuns residents, colleagues

In his eight years on the City Council, Kenneth N. Harris Sr. worked diligently to make parts of North and Northeast Baltimore safer from crime, including the Northwood Plaza, an aging strip mall that some say had its heyday in the 1960s.

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