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April 28, 2011

Two dead in Eastside shootings

Three people were shot, one fatally, at North Collington and West North Avenues this afternoon. Then, as police swarmed the area, a man apparently shot himself in the head near East Oliver and North Wolfe streets.

The Sun's Jessica Anderson was at the scene and will have a full report shortly on the latest violence. The shooting occurred shortly after 2 p.m.

Posted by Peter Hermann at 4:16 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)
Categories: East Baltimore

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10 to 1, shooters already have a long, long record, are on probation, and should be serving 30 years to life, but had their sentences suspended.

Posted by: Hotdiggity | April 28, 2011 6:39 PM

This will never STOP!!!!!

Posted by: WeActLikeAnimals | April 28, 2011 8:57 PM

It's frustrating and embarrasing to those of us who live in the city who are civilized individuals with careers and families. On my way to work the morning of Schaffer's funeral. I saw hundreds of offices just standing around for his funeral. If the officers would do that in the inner city and built a relationship with the people alot of this would stop. Instead of riding around four to a car jumping out on people that are walking from the subway because they just got off of work. due to the fact that they are to afraid to actually deal with the people they should be stopping

Posted by: fed up | April 29, 2011 2:38 PM

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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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