Monday, December 28, 2009

231, 232, 233, 234

Two of the victims killed this past weekend were ID'd as Wayne Ruder, 56, shot at his jewelry store (though nothing was taken) at 6999 Reisterstown Road, and Ashley Harper, 53, shot in the chest in the 700 block of West Lexington.

The rest of the weekend killings were identified, including Kinlaw Jones, 21, shot on 1800 block of E. Pratt St, as well as a man shot earlier this week who died today was ID'd as Harrison Butler, 44 shot on the 700 block of North Linwood St.

1 comment:

Cham said...

I did some research into what is going on with our biggest urban competitor this year, Detroit. It turns out their police department is pulling the old underreporties trick that we are playing here in Baltimore. They had some trouble coming up with a hard homicide number for 2008: They've settled on 375 for that year. However, I can't really find any hard data for 2009 yet as I can't find a neat little list with names, ages and locations. Does Detroit have a website where they tally these things? Some reports are saying that murders are down there by up to 25%, but there is one report that came out midyear saying that homicides are up. They had a dip in homicides in Q3 according to the police. But, the actual 2009 homicide number in Detroit appears to be a moving target. Then again, it's a moving target here too.