Overview
- Police identified the victim as Charles Brothers, 32, found shot in a parking lot near Cross Street Market early Sunday.
- City Councilman Zac Blanchard said it is the fifth homicide within one block of the market in 27 months and called for sustained stakeholder meetings.
- Baltimore police report 134 homicide investigations in 2025 versus 192 at this point in 2024, and 310 nonfatal shootings versus 410.
- Commissioner Richard Worley credited partnerships, including MONSE and the Group Violence Reduction Strategy, for the citywide reductions.
- Police asked anyone with information to call homicide detectives at 410-396-2100, and faith groups planned a 6 p.m. vigil to honor 2025 victims.