BALTIMORE — The latest deadly shooting in the Brooklyn area of Baltimore unfolded April 29 outside a boarded-up vacant rowhouse on Fifth Street — where candles, flowers and empty liquor bottles memorialize the young father gunned down that night.
Around the corner on Cambria Street, another blighted property has prompted complaints from residents about people trespassing, gaining access to the building through a second-floor window and leaving disabled vehicles in an adjacent lot. Across the street, an unsecured alley provides easy access and potential hiding spots.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott canvassed the area Thursday afternoon, along with housing officials, representatives from the local nonprofit Greater Baybrook Alliance and others involved in launching a new pilot program aimed at reducing crime through environmental modifications. The nonprofit focuses on the neighborhoods of Brooklyn, Brooklyn Park and Curtis Bay.
