I read about that on a Facebook page and I’m so sorry for your friend, I can’t imagine what she is going through. The post I saw said police don’t think it was a random shooting, if that’s even a remote possibility I hope your friend is staying somewhere safe. It breaks my heart that things have gotten so bad.

RIP H

I’m so sorry to learn of this horror. May humanity see the healing it so desperately needs. Sending love.

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My heart breaks for you and your friend. Despite the reasoning for this act of violence, it’s sad what Baltimore City has become. I’m old enough to remember the way it use to be, now I worry for everyone that must live or work within this realm of unlawfulness.

What it used to be? When was that? Baltimore has been one of the top violent cities for a few decades now..

So sorry for your loss and for your friends as well.

I hope they get support. I think the these situations are worse in Baltimore because it's unlikely the killers will be found and even less likely they'll receive actual consequences.

Things were actually getting better for a while. It seemed to shift significantly (for a few reasons, I think) after the Freddie Gray riots and consent decree.

Sounds like this is the story

https://foxbaltimore.com/amp/news/local/man-in-grave-condition-after-southeast-baltimore-shooting-vehicle-seen-fleeing-the-scene

Holy shit. I used to love on that street

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You should write poetry. This is a beautiful piece of art displaying great pain. -I’m sick of hearing and/or seeing on the news the senseless killing & bullying of innocent people. From the inner City of Baltimore, across all states, in every hood, why the fxxx do people glorify harming people just for clout!? That could’ve been there own brother, sister, or even little cousin if things were different.

2008 until like 2015 was very different than now. Dixon years and beginning of SRB before she fucked it up.

This is obviously a horrible story and I feel awful for the victim and family. However, this story should not be filed under the "Baltimore is getting so much worse" BS. Patterson Park, and the area surrounding PP, is immensely safer now than it was 5 years ago, and especially 10-15 years ago. There was a time in the recent past that people would avoid the Park because of muggings, gang activity, and prostitution. It's not perfect now, but man, it's a lot better than it was. Even during the Shelia Dixon reign, when Baltimore had a hundred less murders than now, Patterson Park was a lot more dicey. Yes, random violence can and obviously does happen, but to anyone paying attention, PP is great and getting greater.

Thank you for sharing your words with us. I'm so sorry for what you and your loved ones are experiencing. I am not eloquent enough to provide anything more than witness to your unimaginable pain. You will feel better again some day, but maybe not today. <3

Honestly it infuriates me to hear friends and others say stuff like, "It's not that bad." I get not wanting to hear your home's name get dragged through the mud but stories like this are FAR TOO COMMON. The state of the city is horrifying.

Agree, surprised this happened there. A block up from the park is still pretty much the demarcation line for safe an unsafe imho. We need a transit line on fayette to improve quality of life in east Baltimore.

I like living in Baltimore. I feel safe, but there is a longgggg way to go to make the city safe for everyone

H was an incredible person. He was a one of a kind personality that you only meet one of in life. If you knew him you were lucky. We'll miss him so much. It was never deserved and were heartbroken to see him go. 💔💔

> why the fxxx do people glorify harming people just for clout

To even begin to understand what circumstances in someone's life would drive someone to eventually do that is not something our society is ready to confront and proactively do something about. We punish after the fact. We aren't set up to prevent it from happening in the first place.

Someone who is secure, fed, medically cared for, and housed adequately has no reason to join a gang or murder anybody.

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It's been that way since roughly 2009 when I first moved to the city. It was the same when I left in 2019. I'm not even the least bit surprised, there's been several senseless murders of non-gang residents over that period of time there and elsewhere. Do not let the niceness of the day fool you, you still need to look over your shoulder all the time in that city. Glad I'm gone.

Anyone saying this is naive. That's 05 zone up there, you're mere blocks away from ddh

In daylight it's mostly ok, but whem dusk hits, let alone late night, be careful and stay in groups

North of the park really isnt in the L. At best its the margins. Youngans man corners and guard drop points just blocks away. Like 1-2 blocks

3 types of people out at 3AM- first responders, victims and criminals. Don't be out at 3AM, there's no reason for it in a violent city.

During Sheila Dixon admin it was more like 150 less murders than now. And that was with a higher lethality rate (less ppl being saved at JH and Shock Trauma)

Shootings (fatal and nonfatal) are way higher now.

Nothing good happens after midnight. Sad that a kid had to lose his life to some nonsense.

Not naive. Have lived in southeast Baltimore since 2000. It's a night and day difference in and around the park.

Yes. My point is that despite the increase in murders between then and now, the area around the park is markedly better now.

This shooting, like the vast majority of murders wasn’t random. It was targeted shooting.

That line has moved up to orleans just about.

Once you go a couple blocks north you're ddh whether you know it or not. I doubt a single yt redditor would voluntarily live (long term) more than a block of two above the park. (This doesn't count ppl who live there bc of budget limitations)

Man, I'm looking at OP's history, and now I'm not convinced that they didn't find a random murder and made sure we're all talking about it here, making the city look worse than it is.

I agree. There has been a push to push for more night life and carousing at the bars. Few people out in the wee hours of the morning are not getting ready for work or coming home from work. Not the ones passing my house at that time. I hear them arguing and being loud and rude. They are the idle and lounge-abouts during the day. It was the same when I lived in Irvington.

Agree.

Yes, but even the areas north of the park are better than they were. Gentrification has pushed north.

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