Overview
- City leaders and families gathered at War Memorial Plaza to read the names of 133 people killed in 2025.
- Baltimore reported 133 homicides in 2025, the lowest in decades, with nonfatal shootings down 24.5% and more than 2,480 firearms seized.
- Mayor Brandon Scott declared Jan. 5, 2026 a day of remembrance and pledged to double down on strategies that officials say are saving lives.
- The vigil also honored people who died by suicide, overdoses and fatal fires, and recognized members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
- The event followed the year’s first reported killing, a 55-year-old man shot near North Patterson Park Avenue, as police and fire leaders also paid tribute to fallen first responders.