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September 3, 2009

Shooting victim to get new Vera Bradley handbag

Soon, if she hasn't already, shooting victim Ana Matheus should be getting a new vera Bradley handbag.

Ana is the Kennedy Krieger worker who encountered stray bullets Tuesday night outside the East Baltimore medical institution. A co-worker was struck in the hand, but Ana got lucky, in that a bullet tore not through her but through her bag, along with her checkbook, a credit card and a $20 bill.

Ana was shaken but not hurt, and police quickly made an arrest.

Today, my colleague, Baltimore Sun police repoter Justin Fenton, got this email from Gale Poudrier of Greenstreet Gardens in Lothian, southern Anne Arundel County. In addition to flowers, they sell the handbags:

"Justin, we are a retailer for Vera Bradley and read about the horrible shooting at Kennedy Krieger Institute. We would like to send Ana a replacement bag. How can we do this?"

Justin got the message to a spokesperson at Kennedy Krieger who promised to get Ana in touch with the store. The police have her damaged handbag.

Posted by Peter Hermann at 2:22 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)
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Jeez, what about the woman who got shot in the hand? What does she get? How about a free consult/treatment from the Union Memorial hand center?

Really, how is she? She will probably have a lifelong pain in her hand. Will it affect her work, will she be able to return to work?
All this stuff about the handbag is nice, but........

Posted by: buzoncrime | September 6, 2009 10:19 AM

I don't think Ana will pay much attention to the handbag, but that's sweet of the retailing store doing so...

Posted by: Selina | September 8, 2009 5:23 AM

I don't think Ana will pay much attention to the handbag, but that's sweet of the retailing store doing so...

Posted by: Selina from Wholesaleleatherhandbags.net | September 8, 2009 5:23 AM

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About Peter Hermann

Peter Hermann started covering news for The Baltimore Sun in 1990, first in Anne Arundel County and, starting in 1994, reporting on the Baltimore Police Department. In 2001, he was assigned to Jerusalem as the Baltimore Sun's Middle East correspondent. He returned in 2005 as an assistant city editor overseeing crime coverage. In 2008, Peter returned to the beat as a daily reporter and blogger. A recent BBC report featured him in a segment on the harsh realities of covering crime in Baltimore.

Coverage will focus on crime trends, problems in neighborhoods in the city and elsewhere, profiles of victims and police officers and try to offer readers a fresh perspective on one of the most vexing issues facing Baltimore and its future.

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Contributing to this blog is Justin Fenton, who joined the Sun in 2005 and has covered the Baltimore City Police Department and the criminal justice system since 2008. His work includes an investigation into Cal Ripken Jr.’s minor league baseball stadium deal with his hometown of Aberdeen, a three-part series chronicling a ruthless con woman, the killing of five Amish children at a schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pa. and a job swap with a British crime reporter to explore differences in crime-fighting.

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