The frigid temperatures kept away all but a few families who came to mourn Baltimore City’s individuals lost to violence during the city’s official vigil on Tuesday night.
The city recorded 201 homicides in 2024 — down 40% from 336 from what police tallied in 2022.
Clad in parkas, sweatshirts and wrapped in blankets, mourners listened to the names of every person killed in Baltimore last year — names like William Womack, who was shot and killed on an MTA bus last November. Surrounded by family, his mother Tamika Johnson implored her fellow Baltimoreans to think twice before they make a “permanent” decision…