Safe Streets Worker Dies by Homicide

By Rudy Malcom [former] - July 2, 2021
Daily Stories | Homicides | Victims |

A 44-year-old Safe Streets Cherry Hill outreach worker was fatally shot on July 1. He is the second member of the program to die by homicide this year.

According to a press release, Kenyell Wilson drove himself to Harbor Hospital at around 4:45 p.m. to seek treatment for multiple gunshot wounds. He died soon after.

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott described Wilson’s shooting as a “cowardly act.”

”Safe Streets has a special place in my heart and I consider the Violence Interrupters who bravely serve this program as a part of my family,” he said in a news release. “Tonight, our brother Kenyell Wilson became a victim of the gun violence he worked every day to prevent.”

Another member of the violence prevention program, Dante Barksdale, 46, was murdered in January.

Last week, Cherry Hill Safe Street leaders celebrated one year without a homicide in the area they serve.

At this time, detectives have been unable to determine where Wilson’s shooting took place.

Anyone with information is asked to contact detectives at 410-396-2100. Those who wish to remain anonymous can contact the Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7lockup. Anonymous texts can also be submitted to the MCS of Maryland website.