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From: Johnese, Angela [Angela.Johnese@baltimorecity.

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Sent: Friday, May 01, 2015 3:29 PM
To: Johnese, Angela
Subject: Crime Briefing - Friday, May 1, 2015
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Crime Briefing
May 1, 2015
Sources: Watch Center Report, current as of 0600
BPD Murders and NFS, current as of 0600
Commanders Exsum* for Comstat Week 9, data ending 2/28/2015 at 0600
*Exsum not received since 3/2/15. Daily Report not received.
Homicides and Shootings

Homicides
Non-Fatal Shootings

Year to Date
14
15
56
73
83
112

Differential
+/17
29

%
30.4%
34.9%

Violent Crime and Property Crime*


Year to Date
14
15
Violent Crime
1,178
1,067
Property Crime
3,980
3,607
*Exsum not received since 3/2/15, data current as of 2/28/2015.

Differential
%
-9%
-9%

Significant Events
Homicides:
Daily Report not received, incident information unavailable
Shootings:
Daily Report not received, incident information unavailable
Significant Events
Baltimore police have found that Freddie Gray suffered a serious head injury inside
a prisoner transport wagon, with one wound indicating that he struck a protruding
bolt in the back of the vehicle, according to sources familiar with the probe. New
details of the investigation emerged as police officially turned over the case to city
prosecutors Thursday. Police said they have "exhausted every lead." In announcing
an early conclusion to the first phase of their investigation, police also revealed a
previously unknown stop by the transport van driver. Officials declined to comment
further on what happened but said they had obtained private security footage
depicting that event. While witnesses have said that police officers roughly handled
Gray, who died a week after his arrest from injuries including a severed spine, police
have said a focus of their investigation has been what occurred in the van. Police
also have acknowledged that officers violated protocol by not buckling in Gray and
providing medical help when he asked for it. (Baltimore Sun)
A 51-year-old man was found dead in the cab of a tractor trailer, about a block away

from where a crowd of police, protesters and reporters gathered just before the
citywide curfew went into effect Thursday night, police said. The man was not
identified, and police labeled his death "suspicious." Officers found the body, which
showed no obvious signs of trauma or foul play, in the 2500 block of Pennsylvania
Ave. at about 9:30 p.m., police said. The truck remained parked in view of the
shuttered CVS Pharmacy at Pennsylvania and W. North avenues that was looted
and burned in Monday's riot after the funeral of Freddie Gray. Police said the death
was unrelated to the unrest over the 25-year-old Gray's death due to an injury in
police custody. The medical examiner will perform an autopsy to determine the
cause of death, police said. (Baltimore Sun)
Gun violence continued to surge on Baltimore's west side on Thursday, with at least
five people reported shot in three separate incidents. Since the National Guard and
outside law enforcement agencies were deployed to certain areas of the city in
response to Monday's unrest, the city has seen six homicides. Protests have been
peaceful, but unrelated gun violence has spiked. A police spokesman said the
Northwestern District had been placed on tactical alert due to the violence.
Thursday's violence began at noon. Officers were called to the 800 block of McKean
Ave. shortly after noon and found a 22-year-old man shot in the head and a 23year-old man shot in the stomach. The man who was shot in the head died at a
local hospital, while the man shot in the stomach was being treated. Police could
not provide any information about a possible motive or suspect. Around 6 p.m., two
men were reported shot in the 3800 block of W. Garrison Ave. in the Dorchester
neighborhood. Police said a 19-year-old man was shot in the neck and a 20-year-old
man was shot in the abdomen; both victims were transported to area hospitals for
treatment. Police said district detectives were investigating. A 19-year-old man was
shot in the back in the 1000 block of Mosher St., in Sandtown-Winchester, at about
8:30 p.m. Earlier in the day, media had flooded the area after police disclosed that
the van carrying Freddie Gray had made a previously-unknown stop there. Also
Thursday, police identified two men who were fatally shot Wednesday: Andre Hunt,
28, was fatally shot in the 3800 block of Liberty Heights Ave. Davon William
Johnson, 26, was killed in the 500 block of Edgewood St. (Baltimore Sun)
Investigators with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
have classified Monday night's fires in Baltimore including a blaze that destroyed a
senior apartment complex as arson, and are seeking help in solving the crimes.
The ATF has established a $10,000 reward for information in the fires, which ATF
Special Agent in Charge William P. McMullan called "violent acts of arson committed
throughout our city." The ATF is seeking information on multiple fires, including the
Mary Harvin Center, a senior housing apartment complex under construction on
North Chester Street. The developer said the complex was 45 percent complete
when it was destroyed by three-alarm fire that engulfed the building and was visible
from blocks away. Investigators also are looking for a man who was filmed stabbing
holes in a fire hose as firefighters fought a blaze at the CVS store at the corner of
North Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue on Monday. The ATF also is seeking
information about fires at a CVS on West Franklin Street and a Rite-Aid store on
North Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. (Baltimore Sun)
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's spokesman said Thursday that city
officials should engage gang members if they are offering "a genuine effort to make
peace." The mayor would examine information they claim to possess that discredits
what police described as a "credible threat" that gangs were unifying to target
officers, spokesman Kevin Harris added. Local ministers and City Council members
have praised gang members for helping to quell unrest in neighborhoods hit with
protests over Freddie Gray's death. Political observers said they understood why
elected officials would engage with gangs during a time of crisis. But the head of
the Maryland Republican Party said it was "disgraceful" that city leaders publicly
sided with gangs over police. On Monday before protests over Freddie Gray's
death turned violent the Baltimore Police Department issued a public advisory
that members of the Bloods, Crips and Black Guerrilla Family gangs had unified to

"take out" officers. Later that night and on Tuesday, ministers and City Council
members appeared in news conferences with gang members to say the police
invented the threat and that gangs were actually helping to quell the violence. City
Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young and other council members appeared
with two members of the Bloods gang in City Hall to praise them for their efforts at
helping to quell riots Monday night. While some gang experts also doubted the
police department's threat assessment, they were surprised that religious and
elected officials would appear publicly with gangs to say the police department
threat advisory was not true. Such exposure, they said, only lends gangs more
credibility and power. But they also said in a time of crisis, it could be
understandable. (Baltimore Sun)
All week at Churchill Downs, racing fans and horsemen have quietly speculated
about the possible impact of the recent riots in Baltimore on the May 16 Preakness
Stakes. On Thursday, the connections of several top Kentucky Derby contenders
said theyd feel no reluctance bringing their horses to Pimlico Race Course in two
weeks. But Maryland Jockey Club general manager Sal Sinatra said he doesnt
anticipate any changes to schedule or security plans for the Preakness, Baltimores
largest annual sporting event. Sinatra said hes received texts and e-mails of
concern from around the country and has tried to explain that the worst of the civil
unrest happened miles from Pimlico. But he said the track hasnt altered its
schedule this week other than closing slightly early to comply with the mayors
curfew. He said Saturdays planned viewing party for the Derby is still on. (Baltimore
Sun)
The other man who was loaded into the police transport van carrying Freddie Gray
spoke out Thursday for the first time. West Baltimore resident Donta Allen, 22, was
the second man loaded into the police van near the end of the run on April 12. Allen
said he did not know a man was already in the van. Gray was on the right side and
Allen was loaded on the left side with a divider separating them. Allen described
what he heard: "When I got in the van, I didn't hear nothing. It was a smooth ride.
We went straight to the police station. All I heard was a little banging for about four
seconds. I just heard little banging, just little banging. According to the autopsy on
Gray, there is no evidence that Gray hit his head against anything on his own. His
fatal neck and spinal injury was a kin to the type suffered in a car accident; it
needed that amount of force and energy.Sources have told the 11 News I-Team that
by the time Allen was loaded into the van, Gray was unresponsive. Citiwatch camera
video shows officers looking into the Gray's side of the van with the doors fully
open. Allen told the 11 News I-Team what he heard when the van arrived at the
Western District Police Station: "When we got to the police station, they said he
didn't have no pulse or nothing. They called his name, 'Mr. Gray, Mr. Gray.' And he
wasn't responsive." Allen said that once they got to the Western District, officers
started to write out a citation for him but didn't even present it to him and instead
took him down to the homicide unit. (WBALTV)
The six Baltimore police officers involved in the arrest of Freddie Gray who died
after being injured in police custody have been charged criminally, State's
Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced Friday. Mosby's announcement on the steps of
the War Memorial Building was greeted with cheers and applause. The city was
gearing up for another round of massive demonstrations after the announcement.
Baltimore City and Maryland state offices granted workers in the city liberal leave
early Friday afternoon. As of Friday afternoon, five of the six officers were in
custody, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said. In a detailed recounting of the
events, Mosby described Gray being repeatedly denied medical attention by police
officers, even as he asked for medical help and later was unresponsive in a police
van. She also said his arrest was illegal, performed without probable cause. A knife
found in his pocket was not an illegal switchblade, as police had previously
reported, Mosby said. Gray suffered a "severe and critical neck injury" as a result of
being handcuffed, shackled and not seat-belted in the van, Mosby said. Mosby said
an investigation found officers placed Gray in wrist and ankle restraints and left him

stomach-down on the floor of a police van as they drove around West Baltimore. On
at least five occasions, officers placed Gray in the van or checked on him and failed
to secure him, she said. By the time the van reached the Western District police
station, he was not breathing and was in cardiac arrest, she said. Just before Mosby
announced the criminal charges, the Baltimore police union defended the officers
involved. "As tragic as this situation is, none of the officers involved are responsible
for the death of Mr. Gray." The police union asked Mosby to appoint an independent
prosecutor in the case, citing her ties to the Gray family's attorney, William Murphy,
as well as her lead prosecutor's connections to members of the local media.
Demonstrations were planned in Baltimore for Friday night and Saturday, well
before Mosby made her announcement of criminal charges against the officers.
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said she is "sickened and heartbroken" over the
charges against the officers. "No one in our city is above the law," she said. "Justice
must apply to all of us equally." (Baltimore Sun)

Angela C. Johnese
Director, Mayors Office on Criminal
Justice

Office of
Mayor Stephanie
Rawlings-Blake

333A City Hall, 100 N. Holliday Street


Baltimore, MD 21202
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