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    A row of two story brick buildings stands in the background. In the foreground is police tape. A U-Haul truck and police vehicles are visible.
    Hearing will examine city failures around mass shooting in South Baltimore
    City Council members will have a chance for answers during a public hearing today to examine the failures of communication and action around the mass shooting in South Baltimore.
    “The people of the Brooklyn neighborhood have felt cut off geographically, culturally and psychologically for 100 years,” Del. Robbyn Lewis said.
    Brooklyn needed help before the mass shooting. Here’s what residents say.
    Why some residents feel out of sight and out of mind in this South Baltimore neighborhood.
    Kiran, 8, and Taylor, 6, hold up signs that say “DON’T SHOOT. We want to grow up.” during a Safe Streets peace walk on July 7, 2023 in Brooklyn. Gun violence such as the recent mass shooting in that South Baltimore neighborhood has a lasting effect on how many Baltimore young people view their lives, says Adam Schwartz, an author who has taught high school in Baltimore for 25 years.
    Commentary: What a mass shooting costs our community’s children
    Gun violence such as the recent mass shooting in South Baltimore has a lasting effect on how many Baltimore young people view their lives and their community, says Adam Schwartz, an author who has taught high school in Baltimore for 25 years.
    Tamika L, mother of Kylis Fagbemi, 20, is comforted by loved ones at a vigil in honor of Fagbemi on July 11, 2023.
    Family, friends hold vigil for Kylis Fagbemi, who died in South Baltimore mass shooting
    The 20-year-old was one of two people shot and killed at a neighborhood event in the Brooklyn section of South Baltimore.
    The owner of the Lidl food market in Brooklyn Park says it will close the store on Sunday, July 16, 2023 (Cadence Quaranta for The Baltimore Banner)
    Lidl grocery store in Brooklyn Park to close on Sunday, company confirms
    The discount food chain said in a statement that the store was “underperforming.” The announcement follows a mass shooting in the nearby Brooklyn section of South Baltimore that left two dead and 28 wounded.
    Malkia Murray, a nurse, describes the experience of treating 19 mass shooting victims, mostly teens, at MedStar Harbor Hospital.
    19 gunshot victims went to a small South Baltimore hospital. They all lived.
    The staff at MedStar Harbor Hospital is used to tending gunshot wounds once every other week. But last weekend they treated two-thirds of the Brooklyn mass shooting victims.
    Scattered thunderstorms are possible in Baltimore Thursday.
    Baltimore, several counties under severe thunderstorm watch; ‘hazardous’ weather possible
    Much of Maryland is under a flood watch Sunday, according to the National Weather Service, and could see severe thunderstorms produce excessive rainfall and strong winds.
    Mayor Brandon Scott speaks at a press conference near Glade Court in Brooklyn after a shooting early Sunday morning, July 2, 2023.
    South Baltimore shooting response is a political challenge for Mayor Scott
    Political experts say voters will remember what could be the largest shooting in city history — and Mayor Scott’s leadership in the aftermath.
    Kiran, 8, and Taylor, 6, hold up signs that say “Don't Shoot. We Want to Grow Up” during a Safe Streets Peace Walk on July 7, 2023, in Brooklyn.
    Days after deadly shooting, residents of Brooklyn Homes help one another heal
    Baltimore City officials and Safe Streets passed out food, offered help, and staged a march in the aftermath of the mass shooting in Brooklyn.
    A BGE gas regulator as seen on the 1500 block of Lancaster Street on June 9, 2023.
    Maryland Public Service Commission to hold hearing on BGE external regulators
    The commission, which regulates utilities and oversees BGE, said the hearing is meant to allow people involved in the dispute to make comments and provide information on the regulators.
    Bishop John Watts of Kingdom Life Church Apostolic greets a Safe Streets worker on July 2, following a shooting at Brooklyn Homes.
    Safe Streets crew worked South Baltimore block party, but shifts ended before mass shooting
    Four Safe Streets workers from Baltimore’s leading violence intervention program monitored the block party Saturday at Brooklyn Homes, but clocked out and left about an hour before gunfire erupted.
    Cops patrol the homes around Brooklyn Homes on Monday, July 3, 2023.
    More than two shooters opened fire at Brooklyn block party, police say
    Baltimore leaders held the crime walk Wednesday days after the shooting rocked the Brooklyn Homes community.
    Saniyah Webb throws a ball to her grandfather at the Cherry Hill Arts & Music Waterfront Festival on July 4, 2023.
    ‘I love my city’: Fourth of July festivities unite Baltimoreans after a tragic weekend
    Those who attended celebrations in Cherry Hill and at the Inner Harbor said they not only felt safe but thought it was important to show up.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, center, speaks with reporters outside a community center in Brooklyn on July 4, 2023, to discuss the mass shooting that took place nearby a few days earlier, standing alongside Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and other elected Maryland and local government officials. (Ulysses Muñoz / The Baltimore Banner)
    After South Baltimore’s mass shooting, tough questions met with big promises
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore visited the Brooklyn neighborhood Tuesday, where he other officials answered for what some residents called a lack of resources until tragedy struck.
    Athletic fields are under construction at Riverside Park in South Baltimore.
    From new athletic fields to a repaired gazebo, Baltimore’s historic Riverside Park get a makeover
    When finished, the revamped 17-acre park will include a multipurpose field, a new softball diamond with regulation-sized walls in right field, and new basketball and pickleball courts.
    A police officer goes under tape that marks off Glade Court in Brooklyn after a shooting early Sunday morning.
    After South Baltimore mass shooting leaves 2 dead, 28 wounded, police staffing questioned
    The shooting at the annual Brooklyn Day block party is the most people shot in one incident in Baltimore since at least 2015.
    The Homeland sign near Loyola University, defaced with a slur at some point following the 2023 Baltimore Pride Parade on June 24, was temporarily patched up by the following afternoon.
    As Baltimore Pride ends, Homeland neighborhood sign vandalized with anti-gay slur
    The ‘e’ in the hand-carved, wooden sign situated at the corner of Charles Street and St. Albans Way was taped over and replaced with a spray-painted ‘o’.
    Claudia Towles, just left of center, is arrested by a Baltimore Police officer during a protest on Warren Avenue next to Federal Hill on Thursday, June 22.
    Claudia Towles was arrested protesting BGE. She missed her own campaign kickoff for City Council as a result.
    She was arrested in Federal Hill earlier that day while protesting a move by BGE to shut off gas service at several homes that refused to let contractors install external gas regulators.
    BGE workers wait on the sidewalk during a standoff with residents on Thursday, June 22, 2023.
    Three residents arrested after blocking installation of BGE gas regulators in Federal Hill
    Residents from various neighborhoods gathered around 7 a.m., standing between the machinery equipment set to drill the street in front of the rowhouses in the 400 block of Warren Avenue.
    Michael Battle Jr. and Dani Battle, founders of the RICH Program, stand in the RICH Juice Bar on Wednesday, June 14, 2023.
    Where teens pour the drinks: New Cherry Hill juice bar to open with community in mind
    Juice bar organizers want to promote entrepreneurship and healthiness one sip at a time.
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