Police: 6-year-old hit, dragged by car

By The Associated Press
July 16, 2021 | 10:26 AM

BALTIMORE — Baltimore police say a 6-year-old girl was critically injured when she was hit by a car and dragged underneath it.

News outlets report that officers responding to a report of a pedestrian struck in West Baltimore found a 6-year-old girl stuck underneath a car.

The girl was hit and dragged by the car after witnesses told police she walked between two parked cars and into the street. Police say the driver tried to stop, but wasn’t able to.

After the child was extracted from underneath the car, police say she was taken to a hospital in critical condition and underwent surgery. Police are investigating the incident as an accident.

Bowie mother shot in the head while holding her baby, another child tried to intervene, police say

By Thomas Robertson
August 21, 2026 | 8:29 PM

The Bowie, Maryland, mother who was shot in the head by her romantic partner Thursday was holding the couple’s 2-month-old baby as they argued about school supplies, according to charging documents. The woman was rushed into surgery and, as of Friday afternoon, remained in critical condition, police said. Her partner, Kimball Hinton Jr., 41, has been charged with first- and second-degree attempted murder, first- and second-degree assault, three counts of reckless endangerment and other firearm-related charges in connection with the shooting. One of the couple’s six children, who were all in the house on Myrtle Avenue in Bowie when the shooting happened, called police at 4:16 p.m. Thursday and said her mother had just been shot by her father, the documents state. Hinton himself called police two minutes later, according to the documents, and admitted shooting her.

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