Baltimore sees second deadliest year on record in 2019, homicide clearance rate under 40 percent

The escalating violence in Baltimore in 2019 resulted in Charm City recording its second deadliest year on record, as officials announced Tuesday another victim to add to a grim homicide count.

The Baltimore Police Department announced on New Year's Eve that a 25-year-old man who was shot on Dec. 18 had died, in what may be Baltimore's final homicide of the year.

At least 348 homicides were reported throughout the year, according to The Baltimore Sun. The major northeastern city in Maryland of more than 600,000 people is one of the most dangerous in America, according to the FBI.

Ths 2019 homicide count is second only to 1993, when there were 353 killings in city limits. That was also when the city had 125,000 additional residents living in it, according to The Sun.