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July 26, 2011

Three dead in Northeast Baltimore fire; at least two shot

UPDATE: Police now confirm that all three victims had been shot -- a man, 38, another man, 27, and a woman, 36.

UPDATE: A third victim has died at the hospital.

The two people found dead in a fire in Northeast Baltimore had been shot, at least one in the head, accoridng to a city police spokesman. A third person is in critical condition. The photo is by The Sun's Kim Hairston.

Details are still developing and police and fire investigators are at the scene, in the 4300 block of Nicholas Ave. The home is off Belair Road in the Herring Run neighborhood.

Posted by Peter Hermann at 8:58 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Northeast Baltimore

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Ugh. That neighborhood used to be so stable 20 - 25 years ago. Even now it's not as bad as some of the areas on the West and East sides. But Belair Edison has become a war zone of late. A lot of very poor people who were displaced by the Johns Hopkins EBDI development on the East Side moved up to this area 10 years ago and it has dragged us all down. It saddens me. I don't see how it will end.

Posted by: Ron | July 26, 2011 9:54 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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