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murder in Maryland, Washington, DC, and beyond


Happy New Year.
For 2009, I'm going to expand outward in all directions by one county again, AND try to do the entire Philadelphia metropolitan area. Wish me luck. Hopefully I don't get fired from my real job for spending too much time working on this site...

Today's updates (1/5/09):
-Victim dies Saturday after being shot on Friday in Madison-Eastend (Baltimore City, MD #4 of 7)
-Fatal shooting Sunday in Waltherson (Baltimore City, MD 2009 #7)
-Double fatal shooting Sunday in Loch Raven/Woodbourne Heights (Baltimore City, MD 2009 #'s 5 and 6 of 7)
-Fatal shooting Sunday in Barney Circle (Washington, DC 2009 #2)
-Victim identified in Friday's fatal shooting in Chester (Delaware County, PA 2009 #1)

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Burgersub.org in the news: Baltimore City Paper, Jan. 17th, 2007, Washington Post, Jan. 14th, 2008, Baltimore Sun, Feb. 11th, 2007 (not archived), Baltimore Sun, Feb. 17th, 2008.
This site predates the murder maps in The Sun or The Baltimore City Paper, just so you know.

If you want to link to my site on your blog or whatever, that's fine, but please link to this page and not directly to the maps themselves so people can see the RSS feed and the daily updates and stuff
(I'm talking to YOU, username "stammer" on MetaFilter!).

2009 murders: I don't have a map of the area I'm covering yet, but I will soon.
2008 murders: Here is a map showing the area covered by my 2008 maps.
2007 murders: Maryland, DC, Lancaster County, PA, and Fairfax and Prince William Counties, VA
2006 murders: Maryland and DC only
2005 murders: Maryland and DC only

All murders 2005-2007:
Anne Arundel County, MD, Baltimore City, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Washington, DC

Year-To-Date murders through Jan. 5th, 2005-2009:
Anne Arundel County, MD, Baltimore City, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Washington, DC

This week's updates by county:

Accomack County, VA (2008: 2; 2009: 0):
-Friday's death in Hallwood is no longer considered suspicious and the marker has been removed (Updated 12/31/08)

Baltimore City, MD (2008: 234; 2009: 7):
-Victim dies Saturday after being shot on Friday in Madison-Eastend (Updated 1/5/09)
-Fatal shooting Sunday in Waltherson (Updated 1/5/09)
-Double fatal shooting Sunday in Loch Raven/Woodbourne Heights (Updated 1/5/09)
-Victims identified in Friday's double fatal shooting in Oldtown (Updated 1/3/09)
-OK, now the Sun is saying that the guy shot on Thursday DID die, but on Friday, not on Thursday as originally reported (Updated 1/2/09)
-Body found Tuesday in Leakin Park (Updated 12/31/08)
-Victim identified in a Dec. 29th fatal shooting in Reservoir Hill (Updated 12/31/08)
-Victim identified in a Dec. 26th fatal shooting in Darley Park (Updated 12/31/08)
-Victim dies Dec. 28th after being shot on Dec. 24th in Mosher (Updated 12/30/08)
-Victim dies Dec. 25th after being shot on Dec. 23rd in Harlem Park/Heritage Crossing (Updated 12/30/08)
-Four arrests made in a Nov. 18th fatal shooting in Brooklyn (Updated 12/30/08)

Baltimore County, MD (2008: 32; 2009: 0):
-Fatal police-involved shooting Wednesday in Essex (Updated 12/31/08)
-Victim identified in a Dec. 29th fatal shooting in White Marsh; arrest made (Updated 1/1/09)

Cumberland County, NJ (2009: 1):
-Fatal stabbing Thursday in Vineland (Updated 1/2/09)

Delaware County, PA (2008: 36, 2009: 1):
-Victim identified in Friday's fatal shooting in Chester (Updated 1/5/09)
-Victim identified in Tuesday's fatal stabbing in Upper Darby Township; arrest made (Updated 1/1/09)

Huntingdon County, PA (2009: 2):
-Double fatal shooting Friday in Shirley Township (Updated 1/4/09)

New Castle County, DE (2008: 43, 2009: 1):
-Fatal shooting Sunday in Wilmington (Updated 1/4/09)
-Suspicious death Thursday in Wilmington (Updated 1/2/09)
-Fatal shooting Wednesday in Wilmington (Updated 1/1/09)

Philadelphia, PA (2009: 1):
-Arrest made in Thursday's fatal shooting in Haddington-Carroll Park (Updated 1/4/09)

Prince George's County, MD (2008: 120, 2009: 0):
-Arrest made in Wednesday's fatal shooting in Langley Park (Updated 1/4/09)
-Victim identified in a Dec. 28th fatal stabbing in Walker Mill; arrest made (Updated 12/31/08)

Queen Anne's County, MD (2008: 1; 2009: 0):
-Arrest made in a Dec. 17th murder in Stevensville (Updated 12/31/08)

Saint Mary's County, MD (2008: 2, 2009: 0):
-Arrest made in a Nov. 24th fatal shooting in Lexington Park (Updated 1/1/09)

Washington, DC (2008: 185, 2009: 2):
-Fatal shooting Sunday in Barney Circle (Updated 1/4/09)
-Fatal shooting Thursday in Skyland (Updated 1/2/09)
-Fatal stabbing Tuesday in Brookland (Updated 12/30/08)
-Victim identified in a Dec. 26th fatal stabbing in Shipley Terrace (Updated 12/30/08)
-Victim identified in a Dec. 24th fatal beating in Foggy Bottom (Updated 12/30/08)

York County, PA (2008: 17, 2009: 0):
-Two arrests made in a Dec. 28th fatal stabbing in Spring Garden Township (Updated 12/30/08)

When the map states someone's address, and then says that another person involved in the incident is "of the same address," that just means their address is on the same block, not necessarily in the same house.

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