Homicides in the District and in the Maryland suburbs soared in 2021 to levels not seen in more than a decade, largely driven by shootings and reflecting a troubling rise in violent crime across the country.
More people were slain in Prince George’s County than in any year since 2007.
People who live in the Curtis Bay neighborhood, where a Baltimore City police officer was ambushed early Thursday morning, tell us crime is an all too real part of their lives. They describe bullets being fired often, drug-dealing happening right outside their doors, and how they live with a constant fear of violence.
