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January 11, 2011

Two more people killed in Baltimore

Separate shooting left two men dead in Northeast and West Baltimore, bringing to eight the number of slayings in the first 11 days of the year.

And that doesn't count the police officer and the man shot and killed during the melee outside a nightclub near downtown over the weekend. Details of that incident are still being sorted out, but appears the officer was shot and killed by friendly fire.

See The Sun's homicide map.

The latest shootings occurred Monday night -- the first about 9:12 p.m. inside a house in the 3000 block of Harford Road, in Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello. A 26-year-old man was killed. The second occurred about 11:40 p.m. in the 600 block of North Carrollton Ave., in Harlem Park.

Posted by Peter Hermann at 8:15 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)
Categories: East Baltimore, West Baltimore

Comments

Eleven days into the new year and a cop is shot?
This is all too much for Charm City.
Is it drug related? This is difficult to know from the lack of reporting.
If the dopers want to kill each other then nothing can be done. Except, perhaps giving them all the free dope they want and then they can blow their own brains.
When it is the innocent and those who protect us with their lives this is way too much.

Posted by: MrBaltimore | January 11, 2011 9:21 AM

Mr.Baltimore, please go to the Sun web site or pick up a newspaper to see the copious coverage of the police officer who was shot over the weekend. Today's detailed story by Justin Fenton is linked in the blog that you are commenting about, and saying there is a "lack of reporting."

Posted by: Peter Hermann | January 11, 2011 9:26 AM

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About Peter Hermann

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.

Coverage will focus on crime trends, problems in neighborhoods in the city and elsewhere, profiles of victims and police officers and try to offer readers a fresh perspective on one of the most vexing issues facing Baltimore and its future.

Contributing to this blog is Justin Fenton, who joined The Sun in 2005 and has covered the Baltimore City Police Department and the criminal justice system since 2008. His work includes an investigation into Cal Ripken Jr.’s minor league baseball stadium deal with his hometown of Aberdeen, a three-part series chronicling a ruthless con woman, coverage of the killing of five Amish children at a schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pa., and a job swap with a British crime reporter to explore differences in crime-fighting. A special report looking into how city police handle rape cases led to sweeping reforms that changed the way sexual assaults are investigated in Baltimore. He was recognized as the best reporter in Baltimore by the City Paper in 2010 and by Baltimore Magazine in 2011.

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