The Baltimore Sun is taking the lead on reporting on the incident, and will continue to update the story as more information becomes available.
The following is an edited compilation of Tweets, links and statements on the Morgan State University triple stabbing. Material aggregated from Justin Fenton, Justin George and other sources.
University President Dr. David Wilson released the following statement:
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Up to three hours later, it's reported no campus wide emergency alerts were sent out to warn or inform students of the incident.
The triple stabbing among students is said to have grown out of a dispute between groups.
Police say at least one victim has a very serious stab wound to the chest.
Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts was on location at the scene of the stabbing: he said Morgan State football players were involved in the incident.
Per Commissioner Batts: three Morgan football players stabbed are ALL the victims.
This is the dining hall the stabbing took place outside of with a suspect wildy swinging a knife.
City Went 10 Days Without Murder 12 February 2015 By A.F. James MacArthur Agitator In Chief On Twitter: @BaltoSpectator BALTIMORE -- (MINS) After an inexplicable period of relative calm, where few reported shootings or homicides took place, Baltimore appears to be headed back on pace as the murderous mayhem returns. Incident - 1
54 year-old James Williams, of the 3900 block of W. Garrison Ave. was stabbed and killed Wednesday night.
Police were called to the scene on the same block as Williams' residence shortly after 7:00 p.m.
There they discovered Williams suffering from a stab wound to the abdomen. Williams was rushed to the hospital. He died a short time later.
No motive or suspect information was released.
Baltimore Police homicide unit - who averaged a 45% clearance rate for 2014 -- are investigating.
Incident - 2
Baltimore Police tweeted a man was shot early Thursday morning. The incident happened in the 2200 block of N. Fulton Ave. No details were released on status and condition of the victim or any information on a motive or suspect
Overnight Shooting: 2200 N. Fulton Ave. Adult male shot in back. Dispatched at 0040hrs. Western District detectives are investigating.
— Baltimore Police (@BaltimorePolice) February 12, 2015
Incident 3
Police responded to the 300 block of of Collins Ave., at 1:00 a.m. Thursday morning for a call of shots fired. When officers arrived they found a man in the streets suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, including one to the head.
A short time after the incident, an area resident told The Baltimore Spectator he'd heard numerous gunshots from inside his home, but at first wasn't sure if anyone was hit.
The Baltimore Sun reports police said the victim was involved in an argument that escalated before he was shot.
No further details on what the argument was about nor information on any suspects was released.
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After Seven Days Of No Reported Shootings, Violence Returns To Baltimore
With no shootings yesterday, it's been 7 days since someone was shot in Baltimore, the second time that's happened in the past month
— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) March 9, 2014
Apparently death by stabbing doesn't count. During this same time period, 17-year-old Jowan Henry was stabbed and killed, after an argument Saturday night in the 2600 block of Mura St. The third juvenile murder victim this year.
A street corner memorial marks the spot of a prior
murder, as police investigate after a man was
shot multiple times Sunday, on the 2500 block of Druid Hill Ave.
A man was shot multiple times Sunday afternoon in the 2500 block of Druid Hill Ave in West Baltimore. Although unconfirmed, according to the first initial tweet breaking the incident, by Baltimore Metro News, the victim is said to be 28 years old.
BALT CITY | SHOOTING | 2400 BLK DRUID HILL AVE | 28 Y/O M WITH MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS,
— Baltimore Metro News (@BaltMetroNews) March 9, 2014
The Baltimore Spectator spoke to relatives of the victim at the scene. They indicated the man was still alive, being treated at an area hospital and was expected to survive.
A Wake Up Call For All Of Us
Details on the shooting are unclear, but apparently the victim may have been shot inside a home. A woman living at the house, peered out the window and said she was asked by police to remain upstairs while they processed and investigated the first floor of the home as an active crime scene. A young boy could be clearly seen looking outside through the same window. It is presumable he was a witness to the incident.
"This is a wake up call for me, you and everybody else." Resident [identity withheld] in house where shooting happened.
— Agitator In Chief (@BaltoSpectator) March 9, 2014
Police officials and crime scene investigators were seen going in and out of the house. There were no evidence markers indicating the presence of shell casing or other items related to a shooting on the outside.
The surrounding neighborhood is no stranger to violence. Among the trash strewn alleyways and vacant home lined streets, numerous homicides have taken place within the immediate vicinity over the years.
Multiple faded balloons and other artifacts could be seen tied to poles and street signs, marking the places where other victims have lost their lives.
Incidentally, it was over an hour after the incident happened before Baltimore Police tweeted the shooting. In typical fashion, few details were given. No word of a possible suspect or motive.
Shooting: 2500 Druid Hill Avenue, adult male shot multiple times. Dispatch time 4:36pm. District Detectives are investigating.
— Baltimore Police (@BaltimorePolice) March 9, 2014
File this under: routine, non-fatal Baltimore shooting. The kind of incident that will be lucky to literally get 15 seconds of TV time on the evening news. If any mention at all.
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Several hours after this incident was broken by WJZ, and at the time, incorrectly referred to as a Baltimore County incident, Baltimore Police tweeted the stabbing.
The police tweet had no dispatch time or time of incident included, we learned the stabbing was fatal. Typically when police tweet an incident, citizens relying on them for accurate information correctly assume the incident had just taken place.
Fatal Stabbing: 3600 block Benson Ave. Man stabbed at the location. Person of interest taken into custody. Homicide det's investigating.
— Baltimore Police (@BaltimorePolice) October 1, 2013
In an exclusive interview, Judy Godsey, the mom of murdered young man, Jamal Godsey, speaks to The Baltimore Spectator about her son and continued crime and violence in the city.
Month later, murder of Jamal Godsey remains on list of hundreds of unsolved mysteries in Baltimore.
On the morning of Friday, 2 August, just before 4:00 a.m., residents of the 1600 block of Hartsdale Road in Northeast Baltimore, were awakened by the sound of a man screaming, followed immediately by gun shots.
Looking out their windows, they could not see the bleeding body of young man laying on the ground, in the dark of night, his life oozing away.
Police were called and arrived within minutes. They found Jamal Godsey, 21, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. By 4:09 p.m. after an ambulance had transported him to a hospital, he was pronounced dead moments after arrival.
Judy Godsey, Jamal's mother, who is a former 911 operator, told The Baltimore Spectator, no one really knows what her son was doing on the quiet residential block.
With well kept, neat looking houses on one side, and a dense urban forest on the other, the area did not have the look and feel of your typical killing field neighborhood in Baltimore city. They didn't live nearby, and to the best of his mom's knowledge, Godsey had no friends in the area either.
"Too many people dying too young for senseless reasons."Judy Godsey
Police report having no suspects in the killing and a motive is not known. Witnesses and clues to the murder are still being sought.
The incident took place along with three other separate shootings, all occurring within a few hours of each other. News accounts at the time did not identify Godsey, instead he was listed simply as another anonymous victim of violence, in a city where seeming random violence has become all too routine. Homicide victim number 137.
A Meeting To Remember
On Monday, exactly a month after Godsey was murdered, friends and family gathered on the site where it happened to remember him. They were also hoping to inspire or encourage any nearby residents with additional information, to come forward and share what they know with the police.
Lighting candles, and carrying poster collages with his picture, the group marched to the end of the block and back, chanting their desire to see a stop the violence and singing religious hymns.
For her part, Ms. Godsey says she has not had time to grieve just for herself. She mentioned how it seems as if every weekend the city sees more groups of young children being shot and or killed. The very next weekend after her son was killed, a seven year old boy was shot in east Baltimore, along with two others, as part of a triple shooting.
The weekend following the East Baltimore triple shooting -- which incidentally took place steps away from City Council President C. Bernard "Jack" Young's house -- 15 year old, Deshaun Jones was killed in West Baltimore, when someone opened fire on a group of people outside their homes, hitting seven of them.
City Of Suffering
While on scene at the vigil, The Baltimore Spectator received a tip of a stabbing that had just taken place in West Baltimore. The incident happened inside a home on the 1800 block of Druid Hill Ave. The victim and attacker may have ran into the street while there was a large block party taking place in the same vicinity.
Police say the man stabbed is expected to survive his injuries.
While on scene of the stabbing on Druid Hill Ave., The Baltimore Spectator again received a tip. This time for a serious assault, with a possible fatality, in the Reservoir Hill neighborhood a short distance away. Although information was sketchy and unconfirmable at the time, the incident was later verified.
Around 7:30 p.m., Baltimore Police responded to the 800 block of Lennox Street for a report of an aggravated assault. A 52 year old man suffering from serious injuries was found at the location. The man was transported to University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. The fatal beating comes less than a day after a 27-year-old man was fatally shot in the 1100 block of Whitelock Street, less than half a mile away.
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On a holiday weekend with thousands of tourists downtown for the Grand Prix of Baltimore, things were business as usual elsewhere in the the city.
Brandon Davis, 27, is dead after being shot multiple times Sunday night.
Baltimore Police were dispatched for a shooting, at 11:21 p.m. Sunday to the 1100 block of Whitelock Ave., in the Reservoir Hill neighborhood.
Sources close to the investigation tell The Baltimore Spectator, Davis was shot in the head along with being wounded in the upper body. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
A crowd of residents lined the streets Sunday as investigators searched the scene for evidence. At one point, while several witnesses were being escorted into a police car, "stop snitching" was heard from a woman standing among the bystanders.
UPDATE: While this story was being completed, the female subject involved telephoned the Baltimore Spectator and in an exclusive interview shared many details. A.F. James MacArthur shared new details of this story in a live podcast Click here to be taken to the podcast page.
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A man was fatally stabbed in a domestic dispute that took place on the 700 block of N. Rose St. Saturday morning. The incident first reported on Twitter by the Baltimore Spectator at 9:05 a.m. just moments after it happened. It would be many hours later before the incident received any mention by other media.
It was also not reported by Baltimore Police on twitter, despite their pledge to report all significant crime incidents via the social media outlet.
Through sources close to the situation, the Baltimore Spectator has learned exclusive details not revealed elsewhere.
Police investigate murder scene at Orleans & N. Rose St.
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The deceased man, 40 year old Shawn Brown, attacked and assaulted a 25 year old woman who resides nearby. In what is being called an attempted abduction, witnesses say the man tried to force the woman into a car when a struggle ensued. At some point, the man is said to have struck the female several times in the face with a brick. The female defended herself, by producing a knife and stabbing her attacker repeatedly.
Brown was transported to a local hospital in critical condition and was pronounced dead a short time afterward.
The Baltimore Spectator has learned the name of the woman alleged to have done the stabbing, but is withholding publication due to the possibility of her being a victim of domestic violence.
Police initially detained the woman, but as of this writing, sources say she was released without being charged, with the incident possibly being treated as a justifiable homicide related to self defense.
Brown and the woman were involved in a relationship in the past, and have a 5 year old daughter together. It is not clear whether they were still actively engaged in a relationship at the time of the incident. The case bares a strong resemblance to another recent domestic incident in which a 4 year old boy and his mother was shot by the boys father.
Friday night, Brown forced his way into the woman's house at gunpoint in an incident that apparently did not result in physical injury. It was not clear if charges were filed or an arrest was made at the time.
Balloons on a pole memorialize a previous slaying at the same location of the stabbing.
N. Rose St. and the surrounding neighborhood is no stranger to homicide and violence. Residents weary of an area long besieged by drugs and gang activity could readily recall a long list of incidents that haven taken place.
Details of this breaking news story will be updated as new information becomes available and is subject to change.
Violence Worse Than The Wire
On Wednesday while speaking to a community group, newly confirmed Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts stated he did not like the HBO television series "The Wire." Since then, over a dozen people have been shot or stabbed in Baltimore, including two teenagers and a woman shot in a quadruple drive-by shooting last night, and an active duty U.S. Navy serviceman murdered while visiting family in Baltimore.
Alonzo Gladden, age 24, a member of the United States Navy, was shot and killed in front of his grandmother's house a little over an hour after Batts made the statement expressing disdain for the television show.
Early Saturday, an 18-year-old man was walking on the 300 block of Edmondson Avenue at 12:48 a.m., when police say he was approached by an unknown gunman who shot him in the shoulder before fleeing the are on foot.
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