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24 Plea Decisions Made During first Half of May

Details During the first half of May, Baltimore Witness has recorded decisions on 24 plea agreements. According to the data, four defendants accepted the prosecution’s agreements for murder charges and 10... Read More

6 Mass Shootings So Far Across Baltimore City in May

Details The number of homicides and non-fatal shootings in Baltimore continued to climb during the first two weeks of May with six mass shootings. Four people were killed in the mass... Read More

Non-fatal Shootings Decline while Homicides Rise in April

By Baltimore Witness staff - May 3, 2022
Data | Featured |

Details The number of homicides in Baltimore City steadily increased from January through March only to decline in April. Read More

Trajectory of Homicides and Non-Fatal Shootings in Baltimore City

By Baltimore Witness staff - May 3, 2022
Data | Featured |

Details Baltimore City has seen nearly twice as many non-fatal shootings as homicides over the past four months. As of May 1, Baltimore Witness reported a total of 214 non-fatal shooting... Read More

Backlog Declines with 18 Jury Trials Since March 7

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court’s backlog of felony cases decreased by nearly 5 percent between March 1 and April 15. However, the backlog of cases remains slightly higher than the count... Read More

More Than Half of Homicide Victims Are in Their 20s

Details Nearly half of the deaths reported in Baltimore City from April 1 to April 14 included victims that we in their 20s, according to Baltimore Witness data. Read More

Where Are Homicides and Non-fatal Shootings Happening?

Details Baltimore Witness broke down non-fatal shootings and homicides over the past five and a half months by neighborhood, the majority of which occurred in the Western District. Read More

Nearly Half of April Deaths Reported as Homicides

Details During the first half of April, Baltimore city experienced 15 homicides and 16 non-fatal shootings. Six of those homicides took place in the southern district, while non-fatal shootings were concentrated... Read More

Baltimore City Homicides Increase in the West

Details The majority of homicides in Baltimore City moved from the southern to western districts over the past month with an overall increase in homicides by more than nine percent. Following... Read More

Timeline of March Homicide Arrests

Details Explore this timeline that follows a chronology of the 18 homicides and non-fatal shooting arrests, including location, made by the Baltimore Police Department in March. Bersabel Ephraim contributed to this data update. Read More

Homicide Trajectory: 2021 vs 2022

Details Baltimore City’s homicide count between Jan. 1 and March 30, 2022, exceeded last year’s homicide count over the same period, having seen a steady increase since Jan. 9. Baltimore Witness data... Read More

Plea Agreements at the Forefront as Jury Trials Resume

Details After a two-month hiatus in early 2022, Baltimore City Circuit Court resumed jury trials on March 7, with 12 homicide and non-fatal shooting trials scheduled throughout the week. Yet, only... Read More

Distribution of Homicides and Non-fatal Shootings

By Mark Lu [former] - March 18, 2022
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Details The map displays, through a range, the number of homicides and non-fatal shootings per neighborhood in Baltimore City that occurred from June 14, 2021- March 17, 2022. Read More

Homicides/Non-fatal Shootings Density

By Mark Lu [former] - March 18, 2022
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Details The map shows the concentration of homicides and non-fatal shootings in Baltimore City from June 14, 2021 – March 17, 2022. Read More

Defendants Accept 10 Out of 25 Plea Offers

By Mark Lu [former] - March 18, 2022
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Details The prosecution offered 25 plea deals to homicide and non-fatal shooting defendants from March 1 – March 17. Thirteen plea offers were rejected, in which most of the defendants were... Read More

Court’s Felony Backlog Cases Increase in February

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court’s backlog of felony cases increased for the first time in six months following a two-month hiatus in jury trials that began at the end of 2021.... Read More

Baltimore City Sees Lowest Monthly Homicide Count in 9 Months

Details Baltimore’s monthly homicide count dropped to a low of 21 in February 2022, the city’s lowest recorded homicide count in the past nine months. November and December 2021 originally held... Read More

Nearly 78 Percent of Accepted Plea Agreements Involved Non-Fatal Shootings, Data Shows

Details Baltimore Witness data has accounted for approximately 68 accepted plea agreements from June 14, 2021, to Jan. 25, 2022, for non-fatal shootings or homicides. Of the 68 plea agreements, nearly... Read More

Homicides Increase in New Year

Details The Baltimore City homicide count increased by 31 percent between December 2021 and January 2022, rising from 26 to 34 homicides, according to Baltimore Witness data. The Baltimore Police Department... Read More

Baltimore City Circuit Court Halts Jury Trials Amid COVID Surge

Details Former Baltimore prosecutor turned defense attorney Roya Hanna said she had three criminal jury trials set between the first of the year and early February. Little did she know that... Read More

Early November Data Suggests Trend in Violent Crime Continues

Details As the middle of November approaches, data from homicides that occurred during the first 11 days of the month show a trend in violent crime that is set to continue.... Read More

October Homicide Count Lower than September

By Andrew Michaels - November 12, 2021
Daily Stories | Data | Featured | Homicides |

Details There have been 27 homicides in October, according to Baltimore Witness data. The majority occurring in the western and eastern districts of the city. Western and eastern Baltimore had five... Read More

Homicides Decrease by 1 in September

Details Baltimore Witness data shows one less homicide in Baltimore in September from August. According to Baltimore Witness data, there were 27 homicides recorded in Baltimore during the month, one less... Read More

Alleged Murderer Denied Bail

Details A Baltimore man, who allegedly shot a victim 10 times almost two years ago, was denied bail on Sept. 22 at the Baltimore City Circuit Court. Davon Douglass is charged... Read More