UNGER DECISION -- Sniper who shot seven Baltimore City cops in 1976 could get new trial
By Alan Z. Forman
The teenage sniper who shot seven cops -- killing one -- from his third floor window in a West Baltimore row home in 1976 has had his conviction overturned and will likely be getting a new trial.
...and check out this week's Dave Maril "Inside Pitch" column on the weekend -- http://voiceofbaltimore.org/?
Also review this week's "Need-To-Know News" -- http://voiceofbaltimore.org/
COURT OF APPEALS DECISION
TOSSES OUT HIS CONVICTION
John Earl Williams fired from 3rd floor window at Lombard and Carey Sts. in West Baltimore,
killing one police officer, wounding 6 others
CHRONICLED IN YOU CAN?T STOP MURDER
By Alan Z. Forman
The teenage sniper who shot seven cops -- killing one -- from his third floor window in a West Baltimore row home in 1976 has had his conviction overturned and will likely be getting a new trial.
Four days after a lone gunman shot and killed a Baltimore City councilman and wounded two others in a botched attempt to kill then-Mayor William Donald Schaefer, John Earl Williams telephoned the Baltimore Police Department, told a dispatcher what he was about to do, and then began shooting the city's finest near his home at the corner of Lombard and Carey Streets.
Known as The Good Friday Shooter, his rampage took place on April 16, 1976. Now well into his fifties, Williams, 18, was trying to impress a young girlfriend who had just dumped him. ......
Read the story at http://voiceofbaltimore.org/
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