Updated: 10:18 PM EDT Jul 1, 2021 A Safe Streets Cherry Hill outreach worker was fatally shot Thursday evening, Mayor Brandon Scott said in a statement.According to Scott s statement, the Safe Streets worker was identified as 44-year-old Kenyell Wilson. Baltimore police said Wilson drove himself to Harbor Hospital for treatment after he was shot. He died a short time later.Investigators said they have been unable to determine where in the city the shooting happened.Scott said in his statement: Safe Streets has a special place in my heart and I consider the Violence Interrupters who bravely serve this program as a part of my family. Tonight, our brother Kenyell Wilson became a victim of the gun violence he worked every day to prevent. I am deeply saddened and angered that Benny s life was taken in a weak cowardly act. I have spoken with Commissioner Harrison and directed him to make apprehending the individual or individuals responsible for taking the life of one of our
Digital Media Manager A man killed in a shooting Sunday is being remembered for his dedication to fighting gun violence in Baltimore.Described as a man who saved lives as the director of Safe Streets in Baltimore City, Dante Barksdale spent nearly a decade fighting against gun violence until, police said, that same violence claimed his life.City police said officers were called around 11:17 a.m. to the 200 block of Douglas Court, where Barksdale was shot in the head. He was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he died, police said.Barksdale was always there, stepping in before things turned violent. WBAL-TV 11 News was with Barksdale in 2017 as he intervened in a fight. We know guys on every last one of these corners, from Patterson Park, to Lynwood, to Monument, to Baltimore and further, Barksdale said in 2017.And Barksdale spoke with 11 News in 2018 about being a violence interrupter, canvassing the Park Heights neighborhood and talking to residents in an effort to