Morning Roundup

A new After-Action Report into the July 2 mass shooting at Brooklyn Homes found what led to a failed response from Baltimore City agencies. Fifty-eight days after the shooting killed two people — Aaliyah Gonzalez, 18, and Kylis Fagbemi, 20 — and injured 28 others, the long-anticipated report examines the shooting at the Brooklyn Day party and the aftermath from a variety of perspectives. The 173-page report’s key findings include gaps in communication, poor leadership and police officer indifference. (WBAL 1090)

Mayor Brandon Scott’s entire press conference…

Residents of Brooklyn Homes react to the report…

Federal court records unsealed in New York show Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank gave a cellphone with a private email address to former Bloomberg news anchor Stephanie Ruhle, flew her on his private Gulfstream jet and sought her advice to manage bad news about his company. The two corresponded regularly, and at all hours. (Wall Street Journal)

A portion of Light Street in downtown Baltimore reopened to traffic Wednesday evening after a block was closed for a gas leak. (Baltimore Sun)

A Howard County man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to making threats and sending messages to Maryland and Virginia state delegates who made statements in support of transgender people following the Nashville shooting in March. (Anne Arundel Daily Voice)

Baltimore City police are investigating after a “Black Lives Matter” sign was vandalized at a Baltimore church Sunday. (Baltimore Sun)

MEDIA ADVISORIES – BALTIMORE POLICE DEPT.

Howard County Schools Superintendent Dr. Michael Martirano addressed the ongoing issue with school buses in the county.

“I apologize from the bottom of my heart for the inconvenience and the challenges and the diminishment of excitement on the first day of school.”

— Dr. Michael Martirano —

Martirano is pointing the finger of blame in several directions, but primarily at less than two dozen bus drivers employed by an out-of-state contractor. (WMAR)

Four books have completed a review process by the Carroll County Public Schools’ Reconsideration Committee and will remain available to students. The four books are:

• Not that Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxanne Gay
• Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
• The Perks Of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
• Tilt by Ellen Hopkins

In all, more than 50 books were pulled from libraries and media centers after a series of removal requests were submitted as part of an effort organized by the local Moms for Liberty chapter. (Informed Carroll)

A Massachusetts judge on Wednesday dismissed a criminal charge against former high-ranking Catholic cleric Theodore McCarrick, ruling that the 93-year-old former archbishop of Washington is incompetent to stand trial for alleged child sexual abuse. The former cardinal could be a party in a number of civil cases as well, though, including in Maryland, where a look-back window opens in October for all alleged victims of child sexual abuse to sue. (Washington Post)

Governor Wes Moore visited St. Camillus Church in Silver Spring late Wednesday afternoon to attend the church’s annual Labor Day mass and to show support for local union workers. (Maryland Matters)

The Baltimore Sun received Governor Moore’s full calendar through a Maryland Public Information Act request. He’s done quite a bit of traveling in his first six months in office. (Baltimore Sun)

A Howard County Circuit Court jury ruled Wednesday evening that a former Black public works employee endured racial harassment while working with the bureau that administers and maintains the county’s public water and wastewater systems. (Baltimore Banner)

An Anne Arundel County teen is being charged with hit-and-run and other offenses after crashing a stolen vehicle and attempting to flee on foot. (Anne Arundel Daily Voice)

Wicomico County State’s Attorney Jamie Dykes is working with Maryland State Senator Mary Beth Carozza to draft a bill that they say would lift restrictions on police looking to solve homicide investigations with juvenile victims and suspects. (WMDT)

A Prince George’s County woman was found guilty of second-degree murder Wednesday in the strangling death of her younger brother that prosecutors said she helped carry out as part of a plot with her boyfriend and her twin sister. (WTOP)

The sewer system leak into Spa Creek in Annapolis over the weekend has reached 300,000 gallons. (Baltimore Sun)

THIS DAY IN HISTORY – AUGUST 31

The Prince George’s County Police Department said so far this year, 13 people have come forward to say they fell victim to “tech support scams”, taking some $287,000 from victims. (WTOP)

Baltimore County investigators believe an explosion inside of a vehicle killed a man and injured his passenger Tuesday afternoon at a park in Owings Mills. (Baltimore Sun)

Baltimore County police said an hours-long barricade situation in Nottingham came to a close after the suspect surrendered peacefully Wednesday afternoon. (WBAL)

Southwest Airlines pilots will be on the picket line today at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport. (WJZ)

Residents of White Marsh in Baltimore County say, “Not in my backyard” to a proposed crematorium in the area. (WYPR)

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It started off so well.

Kyle Gibson was spotted four runs in the first inning but the Chicago White Sox were apparently determined to leave Baltimore with one victory in the series as the Orioles let one get away Wednesday afternoon, 10-5. (Camden Chat)

PENNANT WATCH: Tampa Bay took the Mami Marlins into extra innings yesterday and scored three in the top of the tenth to win 3-0 and that moves them to within 1 1/2 games of the Orioles in the AL East. (MLB)

A documentary-style presentation of a forensic meteorological investigation of the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904…