• Font Size    

WJZ.COM Editor's Picks

Great NFL Hair
E-mail

Close Window E-mail This Page

Baltimore Records 10 Homicides In April

Required fields are marked with an asterisk(*)

The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our Privacy Policy

Send E-mail

   Print     Share +   
May 4, 2008 7:15 pm US/Eastern

Baltimore Records 10 Homicides In April

BALTIMORE (AP) ― Baltimore remains on pace for its lowest homicide total in more than 20 years.

The city recorded 10 slayings in April, the lowest total for that month since 1997.

April also included a nine-day stretch without a murder.

For the year, there have been 63 homicides. That's a 31 percent decrease from the same period last year, and it puts Baltimore on a pace for 184 homicides this year.

Last year, the city recorded 282 homicides, and there haven't been fewer than 250 in any year since the 1980s.

Police spokesman Sterling Clifford says it's very rare to have a month with 10 homicides.

But he cautions that May and June were last year's bloodiest two months.

(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

WJZ.COM's Most Popular Slideshows

© MMIX, CBS Corporation. All Rights Reserved.