Baltimore broke its annual per capita homicide record after reaching 342 killings Friday.
With just over 600,000 residents, the city hit a historically high homicide rate of about 57 per 100,000 people after recent relentless gunfire saw eight people shot — three fatally — in one day and nine others — one fatally — another day.
The new rate eclipses that of 1993, when the city had a record 353 killings but was much more populous before years of population exodus.
By contrast, New York City, with more than 8 million residents, had 306 homicides through Dec. 15.
The total is up from 309 in 2018 and matches the 342 killings tallied in 2017 and 2015, the year when the city’s homicide rate suddenly spiked.
A statement from Baltimore police said officers were dispatched late Thursday night to a location on Pratt Street, where they found a man with gunshot wounds. A police spokesman said the man died from his wounds at a local hospital early Friday.
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Hogan, MD Pokitians and Baltimore politians are not supporting their Police Officers. The Courts are also anti-Police and this is what you get. They have allowed the MS13 and other gangs along with drug dealers to take over Baltimore and now they run it.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Baltimore. Way to strive to be number 1.
ReplyDeleteSill plenty of time to make that record even more impressive.
ReplyDeleteIts old man winters fault
ReplyDeleteThanks Justice Reinvestment Act...see how great you are working???
ReplyDeleteHey, we still have 3 days to shoot them numbers OVER THE TOP!!!!
ReplyDeleteLET'S GO BALTO!!!!
I want you to be the BEST in everything you do!
Charm city
ReplyDeleteAin't it a charm