Fernando Cobos Becerra

Jul 17, 2024 | thebaltimorebanner.com | Ela Jalil |Ryan Little |Fernando Cobos Becerra

Fewer teens have been shot in Baltimore during the first half of this year than in any in the last decade, a Banner analysis of police data has found. The number of high school-aged teens shot in Baltimore has fallen by more than two-thirds compared to last year’s 10-year-high watermark. The Banner has been tracking youth gun violence since teenagers began being shot at exceedingly higher rates in 2022. This downward trend follows an overall decrease in homicides in Baltimore.

Mar 19, 2024 | thebaltimorebanner.com | Fernando Cobos Becerra |Ryan Little

Learn more about our analysis and reproduce these findings by visiting our GitHub page. Former data fellow Shreya Vuttaluru contributed to this analysis.

Mar 19, 2024 | thebaltimorebanner.com | Lee Sanderlin |Ryan Little |Fernando Cobos Becerra

The number of high school-age shooting victims in Baltimore is decreasing for the first time in three years, a sign of progress in a city beleaguered by gunfire. While shootings victimizing teens between ages 13 and 18 remain above pre-coronavirus pandemic levels, they have fallen sharply this year compared to the same time period in 2023, according to a Baltimore Banner analysis of police data. Twelve teenagers in that age bracket were shot between Jan.