Laurel

A man was shot and killed Saturday afternoon in a parking lot outside the Town Center Shopping Center in Laurel, police said.

News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

Family and friends are carrying on the legacy of a Maryland man shot and killed along with his wife Monday.

A young couple was gunned down in their own home in the Laurel area of Anne Arundel county in a murder-suicide Monday, and one of their children remains in the hospital after the shooting.

One of the couple’s children was also shot. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

A man shot a young child and killed a couple inside his ex-girlfriend’s home in Anne Arundel County last night before fatally shooting himself, police said.

A child is seriously hurt after falling from a balcony in Laurel, officials say.  The child reportedly fell about 12 feet off a balcony in the 8800 block of Hunting Lane, the Prince George’s County fire department said.  Crews were dispatched to the address at about 12:45 p.m. The child was unresponsive and was rushed to a trauma center...

A former police chief was arrested Wednesday morning for a series of arsons spanning a decade in Maryland, multiple law enforcement sources said.

News4’s Jackie Bensen reports on the former police chief who is now facing attempted murder charges.

A woman suspected in the shooting death of a Laurel, Maryland, attorney was invited into his home but had conspired three men to rob the victim, according to charging documents. Laurel detectives with the help of Prince George’s County police arrested 23-year-old Marie Nancy Hassan of Hyattsville and 21-year-old Caleb Rinwi Gonga of Lanham, police said. Officers responding to...

Police in Laurel are investigating after a well-liked lawyer was killed in the building where he worked and lived. News4’s Chris Gordon has the latest on the case and reaction from those who knew and respected the victim.

A lawyer was found dead in his home in Laurel, Maryland, on Wednesday after police responded to a report of a possible burglary. A homicide investigation is underway. Brian R. Bregman was found in the 500 block of Main Street, in his home above his law office. He was 43, Laurel police said.  “Brian was a very nice guy,” the…

A fire ripped that ripped through an apartment complex in Prince George’s County, Maryland, Tuesday night left several residents spending the end of the year trying to start over. Twenty-eight units at the apartment complex in Laurel sustained smoke and water damage, displacing at least a half dozen families. “We actually had a pipe fall through the ceiling in...

A fire ripped through an apartment complex in Prince George’s County Tuesday night. Everyone survived, but News4’s Cory Smith reports dozens of residents will spend the end of the year trying to start over.

A Maryland man who pleaded guilty on Tuesday to prostitution charges kept detailed “meeting minutes” and a “comptroller’s report” that allowed investigators to document his illegal business, according to court records. Investigators also found a self-described prostitution “training manual” and contracts with victims when they searched the Laurel home that Robert Carl Diienno, 32, shared with at least three women…

A bus caught fire on I-95 in Laurel Friday morning, leaving passengers by the side of the road and backing up traffic for miles.  The vehicle fire occurred on I-95 southbound near Exit 33, for MD-198. Three right lanes were closed as of about 8:30 a.m.  Images from Chopper4 show fire damage to the back end of the bus....

An ice rink in Laurel, Maryland, is being used as a temporary morgue during the coronavirus pandemic, News4’s Tracee Wilkins learned.

An ice rink in Laurel, Maryland, is temporarily housing bodies amid the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s just very sobering, is the way I would sum it up,” said Del. Mary Lehman, who represents Prince George’s County. Lehman learned Monday morning that her community’s ice rink is now a temporary morgue, as Maryland runs out of room for its deceased. “It’s...

Maryland is expanding its capacity to treat coronaivrus patients. The state announced it will re-open shuttered floors at Laurel Medical Center in hard-hit Prince George’s County. News4’s Chris Gordon reports.

University of Maryland Laurel Medical Center in Laurel, Maryland, now has 135 beds for potential coronavirus patients.  Gov. Larry Hogan announced the setup at a news conference outside the facility on Wednesday, in anticipation of a surge in virus cases. Thirty-five of the beds, which are all set up on the third, fourth and fifth floors, can be used for…