Baltimore homicide count grows with killing of 16-year-old

BALTIMORE (AP) - The city of Baltimore is averaging almost one homicide per day since the start of the year, according to police statistics.

Baltimore police on Monday reported 38 homicides since Jan. 1, compared to 41 for the same period last year.

That was before a 16-year-old was fatally shot in the head inside an apartment Monday morning.

Police said there have been 70 nonfatal shootings this year, up from 65 in the same period last year. That was before they reported that a 26-year-old man was hospitalized n serious condition after being shot Monday afternoon.