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Family Outraged Over Revision To 'Officer Keona Holley Public Safety Act' Family Outraged Over Revision To 'Officer Keona Holley Public Safety Act'
Family Outraged Over Revision To 'Officer Keona Holley Public Safety Act' Outrage is brewing after a bill honoring a fallen Baltimore Police officer was revised during a recent Senate hearing, multiple sources report. When it was originally introduced to the Senate, the Officer Keona Holley Public Safety Act (S652) was designed to remove the option of parole for people convicted of conspiring, attempting or committing the murder of a police officer. Now, the bill focuses on expanding state funds to provide college scholarships to children of first responders who were killed in the line of duty – and Holley’s family is not happy "We're extremely disappointed a…

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by David Cifarelli
News
Bill Honoring Baltimore Officer Keona Holley Moves Through Maryland State Senate Bill Honoring Baltimore Officer Keona Holley Moves Through Maryland State Senate
Bill Honoring Baltimore Officer Keona Holley Moves Through Maryland State Senate A bill honoring a Baltimore Police Officer Keona Holley,  who was unjustly killed in her cruiser at work, is working its way through the Maryland State Senate. Senate Bill 652 would make people ineligible for parole if they are convicted of conspiring, attempting or committing the murder of a police officer. Members of the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee heard testimony about the bill on Tuesday, Mar. 15, WTOP reports.  Holley, 39, was sitting in her patrol car in the 4400 block of Pennington Avenue when she was shot multiple times by  Elliot Knox and Travon Shaw around 1:30 a.m. on…

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
Details Released In Ambush Of Baltimore Officer, Separate Homicide Details Released In Ambush Of Baltimore Officer, Separate Homicide
Details Released In Ambush Of Baltimore Officer, Separate Homicide Details in the ambush of a Baltimore officer and a separate homicide have been released by FoxBaltimore.com Units responding to reports of a Pennington Avenue crash found officer Keona Holley with gunshot wounds to her head, hand and leg around 1:30 a.m. last Thursday, and shell casings in a parking pad across the street, the outlet says citing court documents. Around 3 a.m., Justin Johnson, 38, was shot dead on Lucia Avenue, and authorities believe the same suspects were responsible: Travon Shaw, 32, and Elliot Knox, 31. Baltimore police identified the officer shot as Keona Holley, a…

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by Joe Gomez
Police & Fire
2 Charged In Ambush Shooting Of Baltimore Police Officer, Separate Killing 2 Charged In Ambush Shooting Of Baltimore Police Officer, Separate Killing
2 Charged In Ambush Shooting Of Baltimore Police Officer, Separate Killing Two men have been charged in the ambush shooting of a Baltimore police officer and a separate killing early Thursday, authorities said Friday. Elliot Knox, 31, and Travon Shaw, 32, are being charged with attempted murder in Officer Keona Holley’s shooting and murder in the shooting death of Justin Johnson, 27, Baltimore police said. The men apparently confessed to shooting Holley on the 4400 block of Pennington Avenue around 1:30 a.m. and killing Johnson two hours later on the 600 block of Lucia Avenue, according to police. UPDATE - Wounded Officer Investigation Posted by Baltimore Po…

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by Nicole Acosta