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By Andrew Michaels - September 20, 2023
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Details Evidence provided since the Brooklyn Homes mass shooting has validated community complaints about systemic failures by the police that might have prevented the tragedy.  But new data from Baltimore Witness... Read More

By Andrew Michaels - September 6, 2023
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Details As fall approaches, Baltimore City is ending the summer with 53 non-fatal shootings in August—the fourth-lowest number of reported monthly shootings in 2023. The city was last below 53 shootings... Read More

By Andrew Michaels - August 7, 2023
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Details The Brooklyn Homes mass shooting sent Baltimore City’s monthly non-fatal shooting count soaring in July, increasing from 58 reported shootings in June to 87 shootings last month. The city racked... Read More

By Andrew Michaels - July 21, 2023
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Details Non-fatal shootings in Baltimore City’s Northern District more than doubled from May to June 2023, with only a minimal decline in non-fatal shootings month over month. There were 58 non-fatal... Read More

By Andrew Michaels - June 13, 2023
Court | Daily Stories | Data | Featured | Homicides | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting |

Details Baltimore City saw a decrease in both non-fatal shootings and homicides from April 2023 to May 2023, dropping approximately 21 percent and 18 percent, respectively. According to Baltimore Witness data,... Read More

By Andrew Michaels - April 4, 2023
Daily Stories | Data | Homicides | Non-Fatal Shooting |

Details Baltimore City saw more than twice as many non-fatal shooting as homicides in March 2023, with the bulk of shootings reported in the city’s western regions. According to Baltimore Witness... Read More

By Baltimore Witness Staff - January 24, 2023
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Details When defendant Anton Harris made eye contact with an MTA officer on May 4, 2022, “he knew he had been made,” a prosecutor told the jury on the final day of his... Read More

By Alyssia Davis [former] - December 6, 2022
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Details Baltimore Witness data shows that there has been at least one non-fatal shooting in each police districts across Baltimore City including Southern, Central, and Northeastern last month. There was a... Read More

By Baltimore Witness Staff - December 6, 2022
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Details Baltimore Witness data shows that March has the highest number plea deals accepted by homicide defendants with 17 defendants taking the prosecution’s offers that month. January, February, and July have... Read More

By Alyssia Davis [former] - December 6, 2022
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Details According to Baltimore Witness data, July has the highest number of non-fatal shootings with 70 being documented, while November and April has the lowest number of non-fatal shootings with 48... Read More

By Alyssia Davis [former] , Julia Yan [former], Natalie Goodman [former] - November 17, 2022
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Details According to Baltimore Witness data, there were more pleas offered to homicide defendants in October than any other month this year, while the fewest pleas were offered in February. May,... Read More

By Alyssia Davis [former] - November 17, 2022
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Details Baltimore Witness data shows that there were at least 25 non-fatal shootings as well as eight homicides that occurred within Baltimore city since the beginning of November. There were at... Read More

By Alyssia Davis [former] , Julia Yan [former], Natalie Goodman [former] - November 17, 2022
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Details Baltimore Witness data shows the number of homicides and non-fatal shootings during the first half of the last eleven months of 2022. May has the highest number of non-fatal shootings,... Read More

By Alyssia Davis [former] , Tiffany Word [former] - November 2, 2022
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Details According to Baltimore Witness data, all police district, except for the Central District in Baltimore city had more than a dozen non-fatal shootings and homicides in October. There were 55... Read More

By Alyssia Davis [former] , Julia Yan [former] - October 25, 2022
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Details Baltimore Witness data shows, according to the first half of each month from January to October that more plea offers have been rejected by non-fatal shooting defendants. Calculations of the... Read More

By Alyssia Davis [former] , Julia Yan [former] - October 24, 2022
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Details During the first half of each month from January to October, Baltimore Witness data shows that the majority of defendants charged with murder rejected plea offers from the prosecution. Data... Read More

By Alyssia Davis [former] , Julia Yan [former] - October 24, 2022
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Details According to Baltimore Witness data, first-degree murder has the highest number of days, 1935, between a defendant’s arrest and when a plea is offered. Lower charges including assault, robbery, firearm... Read More

By Andrew Michaels - October 5, 2022
Court | Daily Stories | Data | Featured | Homicides | Non-Fatal Shooting |

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

By Alyssia Davis [former] , Natalie Goodman [former], Julia Yan [former] - 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

By Alyssia Davis [former] , Julia Yan [former], Natalie Goodman [former] - October 4, 2022
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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

By Andrew Michaels - October 3, 2022
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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

By Alyssia Davis [former] - 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

By Alyssia Davis [former] - 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

By Alyssia Davis [former] - 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