For the eighth year in a row, Baltimore has reached 300 homicides.
The city reached and then surpassed the grim milestone this weekend when a 34-year-old was shot just before 10:30 p.m. Saturday in South Baltimore’s Cherry Hill neighborhood. He later died at a hospital, and police have not yet identified him.
On Sunday afternoon, a 25-year-old man was shot and killed in Millhill in Southwest Baltimore, marking the 301st homicide of the year. Officers responded about 4:30 p.m. and found the man, who has not yet been identified. Police said he died at the scene.
