Jan 1, 2009 3:02 pm US/Eastern
Baltimore Records First Murder Of 2009
BALTIMORE (AP) ―
Baltimore finished 2008 with 234 homicides, the city's lowest total since 1988. It took less than an hour to record the first homicide of 2009.
Police spokesman Officer Troy Harris says a man was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds around 12:50 a.m. Thursday on a street near Patterson Park in East Baltimore.
Police have no suspects or motive in the slaying.
City officials are pleased with the 17 percent reduction from 2007's homicide total. But Mayor Sheila Dixon has said the city has "a long way to go." Baltimore remains one of the nation's most violent cities, with a homicide rate of about 37 slayings per 100,000 people.
A majority of the city's murder victims have criminal records.
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