OF 2017.
BOTH OF THEM HAPPENED ON NEW
YEAR'S DAY.
RAY KELLY AND SHAWN OWEN WORK
WITH THE 'NO BOUNDARIES'
COALITION, AN ORGANIZATION
STARTED BY, AND LED BY,
RESIDENTS, COMMITTED TO
SUPPORTING EQUALITY,
OPPORTUNITY, ANTI-VIOLENCE, AND
MANY OTHER INITIATIVES IN WEST
BALTIMORE NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> THE CONFLICTS ARE BECOMING
MORE AND MORE MENIAL.
REALLY NOW, YOU'RE HAVING
GUNFIGHTS OVER $20 OR $30.
KAI: THE VIOLENCE ON BALTIMORE
STREETS IN RECENT YEARS HAS
CO-DIRECTOR RAY KELLY
FRUSTRATED, AND SEARCHING FOR
REAL SOLUTIONS.
>> OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF
YEARS, WE HAVE BECOME
DESENSITIZED TO IT, BECAUSE IT'S
SO PREVALENT, AND IT'S HAPPENING
SO OFTEN, WHERE, LIKE I SAID, IF
WE CAN REMEMBER TWO YEARS AGO,
IT WAS DIFFERENT.
THERE WAS HOPE.
KAI: THE 2016 HOMICIDE TOTAL WAS
318.
AND ACCORDING TO RAY, MORE THAN
60 OF THOSE TOOK PLACE IN THE
WESTERN DISTRICT.
POLICE THERE ALSO INVESTIGATED
THE FIRST TWO HOMICIDES OF 2017
OVER THE WEEKEND.
20-YEAR-OLD SHEAMON PEARLIE WAS
KILLED IN THE 1800 BLOCK OF WEST
FAYETTE STREET SUNDAY AFTERNOON,
AND A COUPLE HOURS LATER, A MAN
WAS FOUND SHOT AND KILLED IN HIS
CAR IN THE 1000 BLOCK OF NORTH
MOUNT STREET.
THAT MURDER TOOK PLACE NOT FAR
FROM THE WESTERN DISTRICT POLICE
STATION.
SHAWN OWEN EXPLAINED THAT NO
BOUNDARIES GOAL IS TO MEET WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND TO STRESS
THAT THEIR LIVES HAVE A PURPOSE,
AND VALUE.
A LESSON ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT,
HE SAYS, FOR KIDS WHO OFTEN
DON'T FEEL THEY HAVE AN OUTLET.
SHAWN OWENS: FIRST, WE HAD THE
DIRT BIKES, NOW WE HAVE THE
DRUGS, NOW WE HAVE DIFFERENT
THINGS, SO THEY JUST TRYING TO
FIND SOMETHING TO FIT INTO.
SO US AS ADULTS, AND DIFFERENT
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, WE HAVE
TO FIND SOMETHING FOR THEM TO
DO.
>> NO MATTER WHAT YOUR SOLE
FOCUS, ALL OF US AS HUMAN BEINGS
SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON SAVING
LIVES IN THE CITY.
KAI: A BALTIMORE POLICE
SPOKESPERSON REITERATED TODAY
THAT THE DEPARTMENT EXPECTS
PROGRESS IN THE CRIME-FIGHTING
FOR 2017
IN FACT, HE SAID THAT TOP
COMMANDERS MET OVER THE HOLIDAYS
TO FINE-TUNE STRATEGIES FOR THE
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