A North Broadway robbery erupted into gunfire Friday morning, leaving a 36-year-old man clinging to life and pulling fresh attention to a stretch of East Baltimore that residents say has been trouble for years.
Police: Robbery Escalated Into Shooting
Officers were called to the 100 block of N. Broadway around 9:27 a.m., where they found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound to the torso, according to Fox Baltimore. Police rushed the man to a nearby hospital, where he remains in critical condition.
Detectives say their early findings point to a robbery that escalated into a shooting,
reports.
North Broadway Crime Context
The shooting unfolded along a corridor that has already been on law enforcement’s radar. Local reporting earlier this year detailed an open-air drug market probe near Johns Hopkins, highlighting long-standing public-safety worries about concentrated illegal activity on nearby blocks, as reported by Hoodline…