Man fatally stabbed after downtown fight
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A 25-year-old man was killed early this morning after a large fight broke out downtown at about 1:30 a.m., officials said.
Police said in a news release that two groups of people got into a dispute at the intersection of North Charles and West Fayette streets that became physical, and the victim was stabbed in the leg. He was rushed to Maryland Shock Trauma center, where he was pronounced dead.
City officials often praise and have been expanded the network of surveillance cameras, which is nowhere more plentiful than in the downtown area, though the cameras appear not have helped investigators responding to the fight. A police spokesman said homicide detectives are reviewing footage in hopes of finding clues.
The killing is the seventh to occur in the downtown area this year, according to The Sun's homicide map. That's more than the amount seen in the downtown area all of last year. It also comes on the heels of an Alabama man being fatally stabbed during a fight on Pier 5 during the July 4 fireworks, and three months after a man was fatally stabbed during a fight at the Bourbon Street club.
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Last year the closure rate that the public was told was 49% for Baltimore City. As I look at what little data we are given about suspects, charges and the local homicides for 2011 I get the feeling that the closure rated for 2011 homicides is running lower, or much lower than 49%. With 70 members in the homicide detective squad you'd think that they'd be able to find a killer or two. To contrast and compare, Baltimore County is running a closure rate of over 90% for 2011.
Posted by: Cham | July 9, 2011 11:36 AM