2007 No. 1: City sets homicide record : With nine killings, officials call for more community involvement

By LISA BEISEL, Staff Writer

Published 12/30/07

A man is gunned down blocks from his house when he steps out for a cigarette. A teenager shoots another man in a fight over a cell phone. A man is shot when another man comes gunning for the people who beat up his cousin.

Photo by J. Henson - The Capital Scene where an APD officer was shot.

These are some violent snapshots from the record-breaking nine homicides in Annapolis this year.

One of the dead men was killed by police when he shot an officer during a November drug raid.

In that tragedy, as in the other killings, the common threads are startling.

All nine victims and all the men charged so far in the killings are black.

All of the killings happened in or around public or...

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Neighborhood watch - 2008-01-02 12:15:13

I call the neighborhood watch all the time, shots fired, crackhead casing the neighborhood. The writer is 100% correct, city government apathy. There is no money to be made is improving public safety, so this adm will not do it. Who in the world voted to re-elect Moyer??????????????????????

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Cole Jermaine Collins - 2007-12-31 00:52:00

I think The Capital Newspaper is very INCONSIDERATE! How could you publishs something about a person you didn't even know? Cole was a VICTIM of a careless and unthoughtful crime and the only thing you can write about him was what he did in the pass. Well I am glad to say I knew Cole Jermaine Collins and he was a great person. He was a loving and caring person who always kept a smile on his face. YOU ALL NEED TO START CONSIDERING OTHER PEOPLE FEELINGS INSTEAD OF TRYING TO MAKE A STORY BECAUSE COLE DIDN'T DESERVE TO DIE LIKE THAT AND HE DOESN'T DESERVE TO BE DEGRADED BY SOME AMATEURS!!!!

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