Police investigating morning stabbing death in Barclay
City police are investigating the morning discovery of a body in an alley in the Barclay community in the Eastern police district. Police say the unidentified man was found in the 2100 block of Barclay Street, and appears to have been stabbed. Though police were working to confirm his identity, they believe he is in his 40s.
The killing continues an uptick in fatal stabbings that we discussed on the blog yesterday; a man was found on Tuesday fatally stabbed inside a vacant home not far from there, in the 500 block of North Avenue. Anyone with information was asked to call homicide detectives 410-396-2100.
Police were also investigating two overnight non-fatal shootings, in Northeast and East Baltimore.
Comments
Who the hell would walk through Bloodymore's alleys?
Posted by: Anonymous | March 25, 2011 11:58 AM
go figure all the animals are starting to
come out of their winter hideaways
Posted by: sillyman micheals | March 25, 2011 12:09 PM
They are at it again
Posted by: Kmasch | March 25, 2011 1:11 PM
I have to admit I noticed this "uptick" in stabbings in Feb and was wondering about it. It's not like guns have all gone away off the streets, off people's bodies etc. I wonder what's driving it. I does make for consideration the use of weapon of choice in the case of a knife or sharp as particularly gruesome, particularly ruthless. Think... a gun you can shoot someone **without touching them** (even if many shootings are "head shots" and at close range). So perps a) have to carry the knife, sharp with them and then be in particularly close quarters to exact their actions. Seems one more step upwards on the escalation of inflicting pain and retribution not necessarily a success of removing guns from criminals. Will be interesting to see if the trend holds.
Posted by: baltobikeboi | March 25, 2011 3:57 PM
Justin, I heard of a guy who hangs north of that area getting stabbed in the neck today.I guess the gun law's unintended consequence is the increased use of knives in these assaults.
Posted by: jijiN | April 20, 2011 5:36 PM