Braggarts and dinguses

Update on last night's violence: The first two days of Baltimore have seen 8 shootings, 4 of them fatal with a 5th victim in grave condition
— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) January 3, 2014

Update, said victim has just died, five murders already this year.*

Meanwhile, Baltimore County is crowing that it had the lowest homicide rate since the 70's. Oh, shut up, Baltimore County. You want to rub it in about the low taxes too? How about the schools, how are those? I'm so happy for you.

A lot of interesting info in Fenton's crime chat. Por ejemplo, the fact that 95 percent of last year's homicide victims were black is the highest rate in a decade, five bodies were pulled out of the Harbor last year and most of the deaths were somehow alcohol-related (so far this week two bodies have been found in the water), and indeed, Anthony Gugleimi didn't really say anything police brass wasn't already thinking and/or hasn't said itself many times since his firing.

For fart's sake, people! Yet another crappy guardian was arrested after leaving a kid in a freezing car to go do some stupid thing. Today's idiot, grandpa Juan Carlos Calva Diaz, 47, allegedly left his kid in the car in freezing temperatures while he shopped for three hours at Arundel Mills Mall.

"Police find destructive devices in home" *cough* meth lab *cough*

Shooting: Kavon/Shamrock Avenue. Man reported to be shot. Homicide detectives called to the scene. Dispatch time 6:04pm.
— Baltimore Police (@BaltimorePolice) January 2, 2014

Missing Person: Jesse Roosevelt Taylor (77) 5'9",197 lbs. Last seen at 500 Fallsway wearing 49ers coat and jeans. pic.twitter.com/ypQvaLW8Id
— Baltimore Police (@BaltimorePolice) January 2, 2014

Keyon Paylor was arrested by #BPDSES in the 600 Block of Barlett Ave. for a handgun violation. #ASaferBaltimore pic.twitter.com/ejUGJlDCus
— Baltimore Police (@BaltimorePolice) January 3, 2014

Davon Morton was arrested by #BPDWD in the 1100 Block of N. Calhoun St. for a handgun violation. #ASaferBaltimore pic.twitter.com/5GIi3X1Bt5
— Baltimore Police (@BaltimorePolice) January 3, 2014

The Tweet Trail

[at around 10 a.m.] "So I was told late late last night that the missing disks aren't scanfalous like it sounds. The results of those places were tallied.... And publicly posted in the window of each place. The only issue would be that they didn't make it into the tally... So bottom line as its been explained to me, is its not like the totals are unknown and could be manipulated. While Bernstein's lead isn't huge, based on the outstanding votes it seems insurmountable at this point"

... how nice of that Fenton to stay up all night and then go back in the next morning. Ah, youth.
Pat is right, they should count all the votes!
..also there was some kind of robbery/shooting situation near Mercy High.