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Over Half of Baltimore’s Homicide and Non-Fatal Shooting Trials Reach Guilty Verdicts

Details The results of its continually decreasing backlog are beginning to emerge in the Baltimore City Circuit Court, where nearly 58 percent of all completed homicide and non-fatal shooting trials since... Read More

Oldest Victim in a Crime Dies in May

By Alyssia Davis , Natalie Goodman , Julia Yan - October 5, 2022
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Details There has been several victims ranging from ages 5 months to 83-years-old involved in homicides and non-fatal shootings between January 2022-September 2022. Baltimore Witness data shows that May has the... Read More

Eastern Police District Has City’s Highest Count for Non-fatal Shootings

By Alyssia Davis , Julia Yan , Natalie Goodman - October 4, 2022
Daily Stories | Data | Featured |

Details With more than 500 non-fatal shootings in Baltimore City this year, the Eastern police district tops other areas in the city for shooting-related violence during the first nine months of... Read More

September 2022 Brings Record-Low Homicide Count in Baltimore City

Details Baltimore City homicides plummeted to a mere 13 in September, decreasing more than 38 percent since August and becoming a record-low for 2022. According to Baltimore Witness data, February and... Read More

So Far, Most Homicides Occurred in June, Data Shows

By Alyssia Davis - September 19, 2022
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Details The graph below displays the total number of homicides and non-fatal shootings over the last nine months. According to the data, the month with the most homicides was June. More... Read More

Homicide and Non-Fatal Shooting Arrests

By Alyssia Davis - September 19, 2022
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Details The chart represents the number of arrests and non-arrests made of suspects involved in homicides, non-fatal shootings, and vehicular manslaughter this year. Out of 521 non-fatal shooting incidents, police arrested... Read More

Nearly 36 Attempted Murder Pleas were Declined This Year, Data Shows

By Alyssia Davis - September 19, 2022
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Details Baltimore Witness data shows that 36 attempted first-degree murder defendants rejected plea offers while 28 defendants, whose original charge was attempted murder, accepted lesser charges for assault or firearm charges. Chart created by... Read More

14 Trials End in August

By Baltimore Witness Staff - September 2, 2022
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Details According to Baltimore Witness data, there have been 14 homicide and non-fatal shooting trials in August. Four homicide trials ended with not guilty verdicts, three ended with guilty verdicts and... Read More

Non-Fatal Shootings Drop in August For the First Time in 5 Months

Details Baltimore City saw at least one shooting per day last month except for Aug. 2, despite having fewer non-fatal shootings than July. Following the 78 non-fatal shootings reported in July,... Read More

The Number of Homicides and Non-Fatal Shootings Throughout the Last 8 Months

By Alyssia Davis - August 31, 2022
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Details The graph shows the rate of homicides and non-fatal shootings over the last eight months. Read More

Number of Homicides and Non-Fatal Shootings in August

By Alyssia Davis - August 31, 2022
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Details According to Baltimore Witness data, there were 21 homicides and 63 non-fatal shootings in Baltimore City from Aug. 1 to Aug. 26. Read More

Baltimore City Curcuit Court Jury Trail Verdicts

By Alyssia Davis - August 8, 2022
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Details The graphic shows the number of homicides, non-fatal shootings, and manslaughter charges dropped, including not guilty verdicts or dismissed charges compared to charges that received guilty verdicts for the month... Read More

Homicides and Non-fatal Shootings in Baltimore, Per Day

By Alyssia Davis - August 8, 2022
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Details Baltimore Witness data shows the number of non-fatal shootings and homicides per day for the month of July. Only three days out of the 31 days in July did not have... Read More

Baltimore Sees Nearly 80 Shootings, Fewer Homicides in July

Details Non-fatal shootings in July increased more than 13 percent compared to a minimal decline in homicides. According to Baltimore Witness’ data, non-fatal shootings increased from 68 in June to 78... Read More

Homicide and Non-Fatal Shooting Sentences

By Alyssia Davis - July 26, 2022
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Details After courts resumed from being shut down due to the rise in COVID-19 cases from late December 2021 to March 2022, Baltimore City Circuit Courts has had numerous first-degree murder,... Read More

Ages of Homicides and Non-fatal shooting Victims in 2022

By Alyssia Davis - July 21, 2022
Data | Featured | Victims |

Details Baltimore Witness data shows the ages and time of incident of several victims of homicides and non-fatal shootings in 2022. The oldest victim was an 83-year-old woman who was shot... Read More

81% of Trials End with Convictions

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court has had 79 total trials since July 2021, when trials resumed from being paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly 81 percent ended with verdicts. According... Read More

Courts Slash Felony Case Backlog by Half in Past 10 Months

Details The Baltimore City Circuit Court’s backlog of felony cases dropped 18 percent in June, clearing 222 cases. The court has halved its felony case backlog in the past 10 months,... Read More

Defense Motions to Suppress Homicide Defendant’s Testimony

Details A 21-year-old Baltimore resident’s defense attorney motioned to suppress evidence from the jury before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer on June 2. Damien Mickens is charged with... Read More

Majority of Defendants Accept Pleas in June

Details Out of 33 homicide and non-fatal shooting plea offers reported in June, approximately 66.7 percent were accepted by defendants. According to Baltimore Witness, the plea offer carrying the heftiest jail... Read More

Almost a Quarter of Homicide Trials Reached Not Guilty Verdict

Details Since July 22, 2021, Baltimore Witness has reported 71 homicide and non-fatal shooting trials in the Baltimore City Circuit Court. The majority of trials were for homicide with 31 guilty... Read More

Homicides, Non-Fatal Shootings Climb in June

Details June accounts for the most non-fatal shootings in Baltimore City this year, according to Baltimore Witness data. There were 68 non-fatal shootings last month, which exceeded May’s 64. Homicides also... Read More

Non-Fatal Shootings, Homicides Reach New Heights in June

Details The number of non-fatal shootings in Baltimore City topped May’s record-breaking monthly count for 2022 in June with a 45.8 percent increase. Baltimore Witness reported on 64 non-fatal shootings in... Read More

Circuit Court Backlog of Cases

By Baltimore Witness Staff - June 17, 2022
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Details Baltimore Witness keeps track of the backlog of felony and misdemeanor cases at the Baltimore City Circuit Court on a monthly basis. Read More