Just yesterday, police reporter Justin Fenton tweeted:

2/15 at 10:56 am: I'm told this morning's shooting victim survived; we're working on our eighth murder-free day in a row. 17 compared w/ 30 this time last yr

This morning, we learn of two more shootings, in Northwest and West Baltimore, one of them fatal. Our murder-free week is over. A 21-year-old man was shot and killed on Woodland Avenue in Park Heights and a 30-year-old man was shot in the shoulder at a carryout on Frederick Avenue in West Baltimore. Police have identified the homicide victim as Daron Howard and said he was at his girlfriend's house when he received a call to come outside. When he stepped out, he was shot. It's the third homicide in the Northwest District this year.

Maybe we need more snow! Last week, during the second of two snow storms on Tuesday and Wednesday, we reported:

Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III just said at a city news conference that the most serious calls handled by police over the past day were two street robberies and a commercial burglary. "In the entire city, this is, like, incredible," Bealefeld said.

At the same time, such quiet stretches aren't simply the result of snow. Just last year, the city went without a homicide from Aug. 11 to Aug. 20, Aug. 2 to Aug. 9, June 10 to June 16, and May 9 to May 17, according to our records.