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July 10, 2010

Woman fatally shot in Charles Village

Not many details at the moment, but police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 35-year-old woman who was found dead in a vehicle in the 100 block of West 22nd St. early Saturday.

The victim, Yolanda Howard, was pronounced dead on the scene with a gunshot wound to the head about 4 a.m., said Detective Kevin Brown, a police spokesman.

The Investigative Voice site reports that the shooting was near an after hours club and occurred not long after it had closed.

There's been quite a few killings this year in the Charles Village benefits district, albeit on the fringes. Reputed gang leader Donatello Fenner was shot March 12 in the 2600 block of N. Calvert St. Three days later, Asia Carter was killed in the 200 block of W. 25th St. Then, in a span of three days Charles Bowman was killed at a carryout in the 2900 block of Greenmount Ave and Damon Minor was shot a few blocks north in the 500 block of E. 33rd St.

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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.

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