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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 , 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

By Alyssia Davis , Julia Yan , Natalie Goodman - 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
Daily Stories | Data | Featured | Homicides | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Suspects |

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 Andrew Michaels - September 21, 2022
Court | Daily Stories | Featured | Homicides | Juveniles | Suspects | Victims |

Details On Monday afternoon, Sept. 19, cheers from Adnan Syed’s family and supporters erupted throughout the courtroom as Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn announced her decision to overturn his... Read More

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

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

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

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

By Andrew Michaels - September 1, 2022
Court | Daily Stories | Data | Featured | Homicides | Non-Fatal Shooting |

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

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

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

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

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

By Andrew Michaels - August 1, 2022
Attempted Murder | Court | Daily Stories | Data | Featured | Homicides | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting |

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

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

By Alyssia Davis - July 21, 2022
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Details The most homicides in Baltimore City occurred in June, and May had the most non-fatal shootings in 2022, according to Baltimore Witness data. HOMICIDES %-change homicides NON-FATAL SHOOTINGS %-change-nfs January-2022... Read More

By Alyssia Davis - July 21, 2022
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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

By Andrew Michaels - July 21, 2022
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Details For nearly two decades, Danny Smith climbed the ranks in the Baltimore City Circuit Court from a file clerk in the Juvenile Division to the assignment commissioner. During his tenure,... Read More

By Andrew Michaels - July 19, 2022
Attempted Murder | Court | Daily Stories | Data | Featured | Homicides | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

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

By Andrew Michaels - July 14, 2022
Attempted Murder | Court | Daily Stories | Data | Featured | Homicides | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting |

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

By Andrew Michaels - July 1, 2022
Attempted Murder | Court | Daily Stories | Data | Featured | Homicides | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

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

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

By Alyssia Davis - June 17, 2022
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Details This map depicts both non-fatal shootings and homicides in Baltimore City neighborhoods from June 1-12.  Read More