Homicide and non-fatal shooting rates in Baltimore City saw an up an down trend between April and May, with only slight changes to both.
While homicide rates doubled, the number of total incidents increased by three. The city recorded six homicides last month, one of which was a fatal stabbing.
Lamont Gooding, 20, was stabbed in the chest near the Lord Baltimore Hotel downtown, and succumbed to his wounds at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center shortly after. Police have yet to make an arrest in Gooding’s death…