A 44-year-old man was shot in the back at a South Baltimore barbershop Thursday, police said.

The victim, who was not identified by police, was hospitalized in critical condition at about 5:47 p.m. after the shooting in the first block of W. Patapsco Ave. in Brooklyn, police said.

Police said the victim and another man got into an argument inside the shop that led to the shooting. It wasn't clear whether he was shot inside or outside, police said, but officers found him lying injured on the sidewalk.

A person of interest was detained at the scene, police said.

Homicide detectives were called to the scene due to the severity of the victim's injuries. Anyone with information may call 410-396-2100.

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A Baltimore police officer has been charged with misconduct and perjury in connection with an arrest made one month after he was publicly thanked by the city's mayor and police commissioner for his work seizing a handgun.

Prosecutors say in January 2013, officers in a covert location directed an arrest team to detain a man observed making a hand-to-hand drug deal. Officer Steven J. Slack allegedly placed the wrong person under arrest and was informed by the observing officers that he had the wrong person, but wrote up arrest documents for the man anyway, prosecutors said in a statement.

No explanation was provided for why prosecutors believe Slack knowingly pressed forward with arresting the wrong man, and no details were provided about where the arrest occurred or the outcome of the man's case.

Slack, who joined the police department in 2006, faces charges of misconduct and perjury, and was charged through a criminal information, allowing him to avoid arrest. Attempts to reach Slack...

A federal judge ordered Thursday that a high-profile case revolving around the Black Guerrilla Family gang's takeover of the city jail will not be affected by the involvement of an FBI agent who is under investigation for allegedly tampering with evidence in Washington D.C.

Attorney Carmen D. Hernandez, who is representing jail employee Michelle McNair, said earlier Thursday that the involvement of Special Agent Matthew Lowry is a "potential serious issue" in the case, which is slated to go to trial Monday in U.S. District Court.

The Washington Post has reported that Lowry is alleged to have taken drugs being stored in a lab for a court case, and was found slumped over in his vehicle in September with drug evidence bags, heroin and two firearms. Since then, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington has dropped nearly 30 cases involving Lowry, and others are under review.

But officials with the U.S. Attorney's office said that at a motions hearing Thursday, prosecutors said Lowry's...

Baltimore police continue to investigate a shooting in Southwest Baltimore, which is experiencing a surge in shootings and homicides.

Two people have been killed and two people have been shot this week in separate shootings in the Southwestern police district. The latest shooting was reported at 11:21 p.m. Wednesday when a man arrived at an area hospital emergency room having been shot in the chest. His injuries were not life-threatening, and detectives determined that he had been shot in the 5000 block of Frederick Ave. in the Ten Hills neighborhood.

Monday night, Corey Lide Jr., 23, was fatally shot in the same neighborhood in some woods in the 300 block of Nottingham Road. Police have no suspects in his death or Wednesday night's shooting.

According to the most recent city crime statistics, homicides are up in the Southwest police district 14 percent compared with the same time last year. Non-fatal shootings are up 7 percent. The district has reported 26 homicides this year.

Overall...

Baltimore County Police said Wednesday that a convicted bigamist who lived in Gwynn Oak was apprehended in Fulton County, Ga.

Deshawn Walter Felipa, 43, had been wanted by law enforcement after he failed to show up for an Oct. 14 sentencing hearing in Baltimore County Circuit Court.

He was convicted of bigamy in January and had been released on bail before his sentencing date. Investigators believe Felipa, who had changed his name from Deshawn Grant Valentine in July, was married to six women from different areas of Maryland at the same time.

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Baltimore County police said Wednesday they have charged five suspects in connection with a home-invasion that occurred Sunday in Lutherville-Timonium.

Emergency responders were called to the home on the first block of Belfast Road at 2:59 a.m. for a report of a shooting. Police say five suspects entered the home through a basement door, and one was armed with a handgun. The victim struggled with the gunman, who shot him once in the upper body. The suspects then fled. The victim drove himself to the hospital and is expected to survive, police said.

The alleged gunman also went to a hospital, accompanied by the other four suspects, according to investigators. Police arrested them there.

Those charged are: Kevin Lamont Sanders, 22, of Baltimore; Darian Reshaun Watkins, 20, of Baltimore; Malik Latoye Geiger, 19, of Ellicott City; Terrell Charles James Williams, 17, of Gwynn Oak; Duane Marquise Geiger, 19, of Baltimore. They face charges of attempted first-degree murder, armed robbery and...