Overnight killings push total up 13 percent over last year
Two men were killed overnight in separate attacks in South and East Baltimore, police said.
The slayings pushed the number of people killed to 52, statistics show – 13 percent more than at this time last year, when the city went on to record its lowest murder rate in two decades. The increase appears fueled in part by a jump in the number of fatal stabbings, with 12 people killed in stabbings compared with six at this time last year, according to statistics maintained by The Sun.
In the first incident, an unidentified man died early Monday of injuries suffered during an attack Sunday night in Baltimore’s Brooklyn neighborhood, police said.
About 11:50 p.m. Sunday, police called to the 3800 block of S. Hanover St. in Brooklyn found a man with multiple stab or sharp-force wounds to his neck and torso. The victim died at Harbor Hospital about 12:45 a.m. Monday, and police said he may have been attacked by more than one person.
At about 1:30 a.m. in East Baltimore’s Broadway East neighborhood, an officer on patrol was dispatched to the 1700 block of Crystal Ave. for a report of an unconscious man sitting in a grey vehicle. Police found an unconscious man bleeding from the head, and he was determined to have been shot. He was pronounced dead at the scene by medics, police said.
Police could not immediately identify the victim.
-Justin Fenton and Yeganeh June TorbatiCategories: East Baltimore, South Baltimore
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The unidentified male found in the vehicle............ a dear friend, a brother, a teen father. I cared deeply for this individual. He'd put a smile on everyone's face. and it breaks my heart to know that he expected to graduated from high school this year....... i've heard rumors, i dont know what to believe but, i clearly saw this close friend alive and well, the night before i received a horrifying phone call informing me of his death......... i've been in tears allday. I please ask that someone come forth and say something!
Posted by: Beloved | April 12, 2011 7:15 PM