Gun Violence

“We can end senseless gun violence.”

Shooting happened Friday afternoon about a block up from the old Lexington Market building

The first violation is a written warning to parents. The second violation could be a $50 fine or family counseling. Upon the third curfew violation, parents can be fined $500 or asked to do community service.

We’ll go On the Record with a look at District Action Teams in the Baltimore Police Department. We speak with a journalist about how these police units fit into the BPD’s history of plainclothes policing. Plus, Commissioner Michael Harrison on the surge in gun violence involving youth.

City, school and faith leaders gathered at the University of Baltimore exploring solutions for the recent uptick in gun violence among the city’s youth. The mother of a slain teen expressed the concern many parents share regarding the need for greater school security.

“How are you guys going to approach it in a way that will not make it feel like you're chastising, or blaming the children that you're talking to?”

Letrice Gant, co-founder of the Baltimore Peace Movement, discusses its Peace Promise observances over this past Mother's Day weekend.

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott cites a 19% reduction in homicides and 18% reduction in non-fatal shootings over this time last year.

In a city beset by violence, a new initiative seeks to address the roots of the problem. Professor Nadine Finigan-Carr is executive director of the new Center for Violence Prevention at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. In this city beset by violence, what can the program add to the city's anti-violence work?

Baltimore's top cop discusses how the city is bringing down the crime rate, his department's response to teen gun violence, and what the mayor's planned youth curfew could mean for public safety.