When Independent reporter Mark Hughes arrived in Baltimore, he stepped off the train at Penn Station and into a shooting scene in East Baltimore. Then, a few days later, he hit the streets with city cops and encountered a homicide scene. Joseph Taylor, 28, had been shot to death inside green Honda Accord in the 1300 block of W. Fayette St, one of two homicides and five shootings that night.

Today, we learned that police have made an arrest in Taylor's death. Here's how Det. Raymond Yost recounted the investigation:

The driver of the car was parked on Fayette Street and observed a small dark-colored car pull into the block. He recognized the driver of that car as Corey Darnell Parker, who he said had shot him previously. In that incident, he said Parker attempted to kill him over a "large amount of money." (Court records show Parker, who is also known as Corey Parks, was charged with attempted first-degree murder in May 2008. All charges were dropped by prosecutors in September 14, 2009. It is not clear if this is the same incident referred to by the witness).
"For this reason, the witness has been especially vigilant in looking out for the defendant," Yost wrote.
When the driver observed Parker drive up, he attempted to leave the area. At that time, a black male exited the vehicle and began shooting at the driver and his passenger. The driver ducked to avoid the shots, at which time his vehicle crashed into a parked car. The driver fled from the scene from the passenger door - presumably climbing over Taylor's body. The driver, who miraculously was unharmed, later came back and observed that his friend, Taylor, had been shot in the head.
The driver identified Parker through a photo array. Parker, of the 7200 block of Fairbrook Road in Gwynn Oak, has been charged with first-degree murder and was ordered held without bond. Now he heads to court.