Two people were killed in Baltimore in incidents that happened less than 10 minutes apart.
Shortly after 1 p.m. EST on Monday, local police responded to a reported stabbing on the 6400 block of Walther Ave., WMAR reported. A 51-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene, and a suspect was taken into custody, police said.
Six minutes later, officers said they received a report that another person was shot at the 800 block of West Lexington St. Investigators found a man with gunshot wounds to his upper body. He was taken to the hospital and later died, according to authorities. A suspect in the second incident is still at large.
Violent crime is on the rise in Baltimore, where the per-capita murder rate record was recently broken. January was an especially violent month for the city.
President Trump has decried the violence in the Maryland city, blaming it on local leaders and the area’s former Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings, who died in October.
Baltimore’s numbers are the worst in the United States on Crime and the Economy. Billions of dollars have been pumped in over the years, but to no avail. The money was stolen or wasted. Ask Elijah Cummings where it went. He should investigate himself with his Oversight Committee!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 30, 2019
