Police identified Jamal Martin as the 18-year-old who was killed over the weekend on Mother’s Day.
Initially, Baltimore Police reported Martin was shot in the 600 block of Bartlett Avenue. In a statement Thursday, they said he located was in the 2300 block of Homewood Avenue.
Officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert Sunday around 9:22 p.m. and found Martin suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he died short time later.
He was one of three teens shot in separate incidents on Sunday.
Teens continue to be shot in record numbers this year. As of May 13, 58 young people ages 13-18 have been shot since the start of the year, even as overall nonfatal shootings and homicides are down across the city.
