On Friday, Baltimore celebrated its latest planned “Ceasefire Weekend” as part of the citywide “Safe Streets” initiative.
On Sunday, Charm City ended the weekend by registering the 200th homicide this year.
It is on a path to top last year’s death toll of 309.
Ceasefire Weekends are held Friday, Saturday, and Sunday on the first weekend of the month in February, August, and November and Mother’s Day weekend and are typically accompanied with rallies and community gatherings.
Seven shootings reported this weekend in Baltimore amid ceasefire call https://t.co/bQkOpjkdfj
— Michelle Richardson (@MRichWJLA) August 5, 2019
This past weekend was no different, and several were posted online. The Baltimore Ceasefire 365 organization posted this on Facebook: “The August 2019 Baltimore Ceasefire Baltimore Peace Challenge weekend begins Friday, August 2nd at 12:01 am and lasts through Sunday, August 4th at 11:59 pm. Stop the violence and murder now, through the weekend, and beyond. We deserve it Baltimore.”
However, in the city criticized recently by President Trump, Baltimore police said a 32-year-old woman was found dead in a care in West Baltimore.
In Chicago, the murder numbers are worse, at nearly 300 this year.
