BALTIMORE — Baltimore City continues to be plagued by violence across the city, especially during the weekends. six more people were victims of gun violence over the weekend.
As of Sunday afternoon, the Baltimore Police Department is investigating 227 murders this year, which includes six more from Friday through Sunday.
Over the weekend, at least 14 people were shot — six dead.
Of the 14 injured in shootings, two of them were teenagers.
Four people were killed on Friday, including two people who were found dead in a car on Wabash Avenue in Northwest Baltimore. Saturday night a man was found shot to death on W. Lombard Street. Then, early Sunday, a man was killed and a woman was critically injured in a quadruple shooting on Harford Road in Northeast Baltimore.
In a statement on Monday, Commissioner Michael Harrison said:
“Unfortunately, we experienced another challenging and unnecessarily violent weekend in Baltimore. The BPD is working with the Mayor’s Office, City agencies and our law enforcement partners to change the culture of violence that pervades our communities. So far this year, we have removed 1,600 illegal guns from our streets and made more than 1,000 gun arrests and we will continue to do so. The Department is diligently working to hold those who commit these acts responsible for their crimes.”
Officials in the city held an event for youth that provided activities and resources to resolve conflicts and prevent gun violence.
The previous weekend, five people were killed. Two weekends ago, three people were killed.
This year, 24 teens have been killed and more than 500 teens have been arrested for crimes.