‘We’re The Cure To This Situation’: 9 Killed, 13 Wounded In Baltimore Over The Past Week

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A 14-year-old is among the shooting victims successful Baltimore City this weekend. In the past week, 9 radical person been killed successful Baltimore on with different 13 wounded.

“It’s a jungle retired here. it’s not expected to beryllium similar that,” said Jonathan Dantley of Baltimore.

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Police said a grey Hyundai sped distant from the transgression scene, headed northbound connected Chester.

“I retrieve being 14. Where I lived, it wasn’t truly similar that.. it could person been thing helium was progressive in. much than likely, it astir apt wasn’t,” Dantley added.

A person said that the 14-year-old is present retired of the hospital. He is the youngest of six shooting victims successful a little than a six hr span Saturday afternoon.

There person been much than 500 non-fatal shootings successful Baltimore this year. The city’s 254 homicides (year-to-date) are outpacing past twelvemonth and adjacent to 2019.

“That’s however it is though. that’s however it is retired here. I’d emotion for it to beryllium different,” said Dantley.

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“We’re asking for help. If determination is idiosyncratic who has that instant cardinal that says, ‘bang! No much crime. No much violence.’ Of course, that’s not there,” said Brian Smith.

On the westbound side, conscionable aft midnight Monday morning, a antheral was killed connected Bloomingdale Road. Police said he’d been changeable aggregate times.

“Nobody has a solution. There’s nary coagulated solution to anything, astatine slightest not astatine the moment,” Smith said.

For longtime metropolis nonmigratory Brian Smith, helium said curing unit is simply a assemblage challenge.

“Police aren’t the cure. They’re not the cure for this. It’s us. We’re the cure to this situation,” Smith added.

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Of those six shootings Saturday afternoon, 2 of the victims are listed successful either superior oregon captious condition.

Paul Gessler