Detectives Launch Investigation into Homicide in Southwest District

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On Aug. 16, at approximately 11:02 p.m., Southwest District patrol officers with the Baltimore Police Department responded to the 1000 block of West Baltimore Street, for a report of a shooting.

Once there, officers located 24-year-old Nykiah Imani Collins, unresponsive, with an apparent gunshot wound.

Medics responded to the location and pronounced Collins dead on the scene.

Homicide detectives are asking anyone with information to contact them at 410-396-2100 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7Lockup.