Police identify man, 23, killed in Hamilton Hills
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Baltimore Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 23-year-old man in Northeast Baltimore Wednesday night in an apparent dispute over money, officials said.
Officers first responded to the 5600 block of McClean Boulevard at 7:03 p.m., but they found the victim, identified as Andre Womack, behind apartments in the 5500 block of Grindon Avenue, in the Hamilton Hills community, according to police.
A medical crew pronounced Womack dead at the scene at 7:20 p.m., police said. City Councilman Robert Curran, whose district includes the area where the shooting occurred, said police informed him that the shooting is believed to have stemmed from a dispute over money.
“It was not a random act of violence,” Curran said.
The Hamilton Hills neighborhood is near the Baltimore County line and is not known for violent crime. But the killing was the third in the community this year – in January, a 38-year-old autistic man who lived with his mother was killed in front of their home in the 5600 block of Plymouth Rd, and earlier this month a 25-year-old man was shot in the 2200 block of Fleetwood Ave. A non-fatal shooting occurred in the neighborhood on Monday, about a mile away.
The Northeast District continues to lead the city’s police districts in homicides, with 17.
In a separate incident, a 24-year-old man was shot in the chest at 11:13 p.m. in the 2400 block of Chesterfield Avenue, in the Mayfield neighborhood, according to police. He was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition, police said.
Comments
WTF Hamilton!?
I take it the police did not find the shooter.. Awesome. I'm glad the ghetto bird was flying over the scene for nothing burning up tax payer dollars for an hour.
Posted by: ironhide196 | June 24, 2011 10:10 AM
police got there at 7:03 he was prenoced dead at 7:20 in between that time police couldnt get him over to the hospital....
Posted by: Dillyel Womack | October 1, 2011 8:01 PM