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Last week's shootings on Boone Street in which one man was killed and five others were wounded has prompted an interesting debate about the neighborhood -- desolate or a strong community -- and about what to do about crime.
Tonight, a vigil is planned for the 2000 block of Boone St., from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
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.
Mark Hughes, a reporter with The Independent, a national U.K. paper, visits Baltimore to examine if police officers, drug dealers, prosecutors and politicians were accurately portrayed 'The Wire;' The Sun's Justin Fenton heads to London to compare crime trends between the two cities.
A roundup of crimes reported in Baltimore City and Baltimore County
