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Article: Baltimore, Prince George's reign as Maryland's murder capitals
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- Capital (Annapolis)
- Article date:
- April 25, 2007
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WASHINGTON - Baltimore City and Prince George's County accounted
for over 75 percent of all Maryland murders in the past two decades,
despite making up less than a third of the population, a Capital News
Service analysis shows.
In total, 8,787 of the 11,375 murders from 1985-2006 in Maryland
took place in one of the two areas, according Maryland State Police
uniform crime reports.
Rosie Gross lived in Baltimore during these years, 30 in total,
and has seen a lot of changes in her southwest city neighborhood.
Walking home one night in early March, Ms. Gross' 18-year-old
grandson, Deandre Davis, was shot. He's since been paralyzed in a
hospital bed, she said.
"It just seems like this is ...