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TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) — Police person identified the man changeable and killed Monday nighttime successful Towson arsenic a 21-year-old Pennsylvania man.
The victim, Barry Ransom of Philadelphia, was found changeable astir 10:30 p.m. Monday by constabulary called to the 800 artifact of Kenilworth Drive, adjacent the Towson Woods apartments, according to Baltimore County police.
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Ransom was taken to an country hospital, but helium aboriginal died of his injuries.
At this point, constabulary aren’t wide connected whether Ransom precocious moved to the country oregon if helium was successful municipality visiting idiosyncratic else.
Authorities said detectives are inactive pursuing up connected leads, but Ransom was capable to stock immoderate accusation with them earlier helium died.
“There was a vague statement that was provided by the victim, due to the fact that the unfortunate was live erstwhile our officers arrived connected the scene,” constabulary spokesperson Joy Stewart said. “It was lone aft helium was transported to the infirmary that helium died.”
The deadly shooting marks the latest lawsuit of convulsive transgression to onslaught Baltimore County, which is grappling with a emergence successful violence.
Figures provided by constabulary amusement determination person been 47 homicides successful the region this year, compared to a full of 27 radical killed successful 2020.
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To enactment those numbers successful perspective, Baltimore County had 49 homicides successful 2019, 27 successful 2018 and 35 successful 2017.
The Baltimore County Police Department attributes a bulk of its homicides to idiosyncratic relationships gone incorrect oregon intelligence illness.
Stewart, the department’s spokesperson, said knowing what led up to those killings helps pass however constabulary get a grip connected the violence.
“Those are each factors that we person been capable to place truthful acold this twelvemonth and we are attempting to code with the enlargement of our mobile situation teams, and we person the 911 clinicians,” Stewart told WJZ.
Monday’s homicide came arsenic nary astonishment to residents who spoke with WJZ connected Tuesday.
“Not astounded due to the fact that it could hap anyplace really,” said Logan Montrone. “But it is simply a small jarring.”
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Added Kathryn Martell: “I’m not surprised. It’s precise disturbing though. It’s a sad, bittersweet time. I privation I had the reply to effort and get radical to enactment together.”
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