Overview
- The mosque on the 2600 block of Harford Road was seen burning shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday and firefighters extinguished the blaze with no reported injuries.
- Officers took a person into custody at the scene and Baltimore police later charged 52-year-old Shawn Fenner with second-degree arson, first-degree malicious burning and related counts.
- Two days earlier, a 24-year-old pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run on the same block and police found the striking vehicle had been stolen in an earlier carjacking.
- Citywide Robbery and Accident units and local fire investigators are probing the mosque fire and are examining whether it is connected to the Oct. 23 fatal crash, though investigators have not confirmed a link.
- The mosque suffered heavy fire damage, neighbors and worshippers are shaken, and officials say they will release further details as the criminal case and safety investigation proceed.