May Is Baltimore's Deadliest Month in 15 Years

A fatal shooting Friday afternoon is Baltimore’s 39th homicide this May, the city’s deadliest month in 15 years.

Officers on patrol in the western part of the city found a 19-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his chest about 4:30 p.m., Sgt. Jarron Jackson said.

The officers called paramedics, and the man was taken to a hospital, where he died.

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