much longer would it take to seat belt somebody in because you ve just put him on the bench. it s fascinating stuff. it always comes down to those very important details. jean casarez, i ll let you get back into the courthouse. doing a great job covering every detail of the case. the details matter. after the death of freddie gray, the city of baltimore saw its homicide rate double. over the next six months, it doubled. you re going to hear from the family of kendall fenwick, a single father of three little babies. that man was shot dead outside of his own home. they re not just statistics, folks. i ve smoked a lot and quit a lot, but ended up nowhere. now i use this. the nicoderm cq patch, with unique extended release technology, helps prevent the urge to smoke all day. i want this time to be my last time. that s why i choose nicoderm cq. it s a really big deal. and with fever, aches, and chills, mom knows it needs a big solution:
determination. a 24-year-old single father of three. a 5-year-old son, a 3-year-old daughter, and a 7-month-old boy. the 5-year-old drew a picture and wrote a note that brings some comfort to his grandfather. i love you, kendall daddy. kendall fenwick, wish you were here. reporter: kendall had two jobs he loved, driving dump trucks. a few years ago, he brought a rundown home for 8,000 bucks and was slowly fixing it up on his own. he loved to tinker, fixing anything broken. kendall fenwick was a force of life. he was a goofy silly kid who was at my house every day. i work a late shift so when i get off work, he ll be out there waiting for me sometime and say, you all right? i say yeah. and i m gone. i always felt safe when he did it. reporter: monday, november 9th, fenwick was making dinner for his kids. he stepped outside. moments later, gunshots.
somebody and she says, you don t remember me but last year it s her second kid that s died. it s unfathomable. reporter: kendall fenwick, born november 1st, 1991, died too soon, november 9th, 2015. one victim of violence in this city s horrible year. as we mentioned, that was 295. as you said, we re up to 324 murders for this year. there s been an arrest in his murder. a 21-year-old. he was arrested. they believe the reason that mr. fenwick was targeted and shot is because he was building a fence across his property to keep the drug dealers from going through that area. that s why he was shot and killed. this is a hard, hard city, ashleigh. trying to protect those three little babies who will now have christmas without their father. miguel, thank you for putting a face on the numbers.
gray s death. if you want the numbers, i m going to give them to you. i want you to think about them. 324 people have been killed this year so far. per capita, that is the highest in the history of baltimore. behind each of these statistics is the story of one life taken away. and a family that s devastated. our miguel marquez talked to one baltimore family that is just struggling to cope with this. kendall fen wick, number 295. to his family, he was everything. what is it like for a father to have to bury your son? it s very hard. it s a feeling where i would tell someone who didn t have children don t. because i wouldn t want them to go through the pain that i m going through. reporter: kendall fenwick, an inspiring example of