UPDATE X 2: Police say the shooting was a robbery of a 22-year-old man from Prince George's County who was leaving a friend's house. Follow the link below for more information.
UPDATE: I just came back from the scene and the shooting actually occurred in the 2600 block of St. Paul St., on the west side of the block and just 50 feet from Stephen Pitcairn was fatally stabbed last year. Someone just put fresh pink and white roses to renew the memorial. Residents reported hearing two gunshots about 5:40 p.m.
Baltimore police were on the scene this morning of a shooting on St. Paul Street in Charles Village. The victim, described as an adult male, was shot once in the leg.
The shooting occurred before 6 a.m. in the 2500 block of St. Paul St., one block south of where Stephen Pitcairn was fatally stabbed in July 2010. The Hopkins researcher had been walking home from Penn Station, talking to his mother on his cell phone, when he was attacked in a robbery.
His killing outraged a city, raised concerns about safety in the neighborhood and helped propel Gregg Bernstein into the top prosecutor's job at the State's Attorney's Office. He used the killing to complain that his predecessor had failed to go after the suspects in previous crimes.
In August, one suspect was found guilty of first-degree murder in Pitcairn's death and faces life in prison when he is sentenced Oct. 21. The Sun's Tricia Bishop reported this past Sunday on the Pitcairn family and how they're coping.
