was coming into his own and go-go was born. the godfather of go-go what the world came to call brown, creator of a musical genre that became synonymous with d.c. brown described it as jazz infused funk music with latin and african flairs driven by percussian and accented with his signature call in response. in and out of trouble with the law in his youth brown taught himself to play the guitar in prison. he and his go-go beat became world known landing his first billboard number one hit in 1978 with busting loose. he was nominated for his first grammy in 2010 at the age of 74. like i said u. when i hit that stage, you know, if i am on the right page i m becoming a rage and forget about my age. reporter: through all the albums through the constant drum beat of stardom chuck brown never turned his back on his home. he stayed a staple of d.c. events that became important to his community. he spent his time with students around the district never forgetting how a young shoe
what leads they have, what suspects they re looking for, what they re doing to work with many other public agencies to get the word out. council member jim graham, police leaders and detectives spoke with concerned residents in the area about the crime and what s going on on w street. i was somewhat alarmed just for the fact that he was asking the guy to do something that wasn t really, you know, didn t seem like it was an unreasonable thing to ask somebody. i m just concerned about the crime in the area. i live here. this is my home and i want to make sure it s safe, make sure d.c. is doing all they can do. police say tomorrow investigators will be knocking on doors in the community looking for information. they will also be passing out flyers with a picture of the suspect and patrolling the area throughout the day. city leaders say they won t tolerate this kind of crime. meanwhile the victim is out of the hospital and his friends say his jaw is still wired shut and
attention, the real story is that our deployments are having results and we are reduce violence in the city. reporter: ariel bess works downtown and has seen the brutality. there was a fight involving a couple of different youth, girls, actually, very young girls. of course violence is a concern for us. we, however, would not stop coming downtown. we definitely support the city. reporter: jack rashle just moved nearby. i was surprised, concerned. what s not to worry about it? and we talked to many people today who emphasized the importance of the inner harbor to baltimore and keeping it safe. police have declined to comment on their response, particularly during st. patrick s day. reporting live, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. all right, mike. thank you. and you can weigh in right now, at wjz.com, click on the story in local news. the crime caused outrage in the city. a group of boys shot on a front porch. a 12-year-old dies. tonight, indictments are hand
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