Baltimore tops 100 homicides so far in 2017
A Baltimore police officer attempts to secure a crime scene with tape at the scene of a shooting at the intersection of West North Avenue and Druid Hill Avenue in West Baltimore, Maryland May 30, 2015. (REUTERS/Jim Bourg)
The city of Baltimore has suffered more than 100 homicides before the end of April for the first time in nearly 20 years.
The grim total came after three new murders on Monday, including a fatal shooting near the famed Inner Harbor, the Baltimore Sun reported.
As police were discussing that shooting in the afternoon, another man was shot dead in East Baltimore in the same area as a new senior citizen center that was rebuilt after burning while under construction during riots that hit the city two years ago, the Sun reported. That shooting pushed the total number of homicides in the city for 2017 to 101.
The ongoing violence has not relented since 32 homicides were recorded in January, the most in that month since 2005.
