Two killed in East, Southwest Baltimore
A 36-year-old man was shot and killed Sunday night in East Baltimore when men began shooting from a white van that pulled up alongside him at a traffic light, and a 31-year-old man was killed Monday afternoon in Southwest Baltimore.
The killings mean the city, with 13 killings, has surpassed its total for all of last January, though the number is still below the average total for the month in previous years.
An officer found Antonio Lamont Lee, 36, in the driver’s seat of his vehicle, slumped over the passenger seat. Lee had been waiting at a stop light in a 2010 Acura sedan in the 1400 block of E. Monument St. when the van pulled up and suspects opened fire, police said.
The van turned northbound on Caroline Street then turned west on Madison Street. Lee was transported to Johns Hopkins Hospital, which is a block away from where the shooting took place, where he was pronounced dead at 11:20 p.m., police said.
On Monday afternoon, police were called to the 500 block of S. Fulton Ave., in the Carrollton Ridge neighborhood, at about 3:25 p.m. and found an unidentified man suffering from gunshot wounds to the head and stomach, police said.
He was transported to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he was pronounced dead. Police did not have a suspect or motives and could not immediately identify the victim.
Anyone with information was asked to call homicide detectives at 410-396-2100.
Categories: East Baltimore, Southwest Baltimore
Comments
Has the Baltimore Police Department considered the use of anonymous e-mails or posting on blogs to identify suspects in shootings? While it couldn't be used in court or establishing PC, it might point detectives in the right direction. The stop snitching advocates aren't very likely to track down url addresses.
Posted by: Richard | January 24, 2011 9:26 PM
You'd be surprised at what criminals can accomplish.
Posted by: AtimAnt | January 25, 2011 10:35 AM