My apologies for not getting back to my readers sooner -- I was out all day Monday shadowing the city school police chief for a one or two articles scheduled for this week. As such, I still don't know much about the double shooting over the weekend in Hampden, though my colleague Justin Fenton reports that Baltimore police do have a suspect and have issued an arrest warrant.

I have a call into the Northern District and will most certainly have an update once police make an arrest. The shooting on a popular shopping street that draws people from all over the city certainly is troublesome and has got people concerned. The victim was pregnant.

In other news, Julie Bykowicz reports an update in the state Del. Jon S. Cardin, D-Baltimore County, rent-a-police-boat-and-helicopter wedding caper. Baltimore's Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III told the WBAL C4 radio show on Monday that it was Cardin who asked for the special treatment from low-level officers.

Cardin's statements had left it murky as to what role he and a friend played in setting up the stunt that involved a fake police raid as he proposed to his fiance aboard a boat in the harbor. He has repayed the city $300 and apologized, but he has refused to name the owner of the boat, say who was with him on his trip or how the plot got started. Police are still investigating but have said they will not name the boat owner. Police also have refused to release the letter the commissioner sent to Cardin with the bill and have not described how they came up with $300.

So with questions remaining and a full accounting still hanging out there, every little drip and drab will become a headline. Both Cardin and the police could've ended this last week by giving out full details. It's a one-day story that easily could've been over in one day. The scant details only leave us wondering what else is there to this story?