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Agency running Baltimore’s violence intervention strategy defends itself to City Council, increasingly impatient amid a violent year

BALTIMORE — The Baltimore office charged with implementing the city’s Group Violence Reduction Strategy defended itself in a letter delivered to the City Council on Friday, arguing the process of reversing violent trends in the city is not “overnight work.”

Tribune News Service · Jun 4, 2022

Debates spark over Baltimore police protection strategies as rising bloodshed puts neighborhoods on edge

BALTIMORE — Gunfire rang out this month on Boarman Avenue, lined with trees and rowhouses with porches, frightening nearby residents. Five people were injured, police said, just hours after four people were shot in East Baltimore, including one man who died.

Tribune News Service · May 22, 2022