Two men were fatally shot Sunday night in separate and apparently unrelated incidents in the city, police said. No arrests had been made in either shooting, and police knew of no motives.
About 10:05 p.m., an Eastern District officer responded to a call in the 900 block of N. Glover St. in the Madison-Eastend neighborhood for a shooting and found a 38-year-old man slumped over the steering wheel of a 2000 Toyota Avalon. The passenger's side door of the vehicle was open, and police believe the shooter had been in the vehicle with the man.
The victim's name was not released, pending notification of next of kin. Last year, 25 people were slain inside of vehicles, according to police statistics.
About 20 minutes later, a man was shot in the 3900 block of Eierman Ave. in the Belair-Parkside community and died a short time later at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Police believe Derrick Taylor, 20, had left Sheldon's bar and stopped by a nearby 7-11, and was shot as he returned home.
Taylor, who was on probation stemming from a June 2009 drug conviction, collapsed from gunshot wounds on the front steps of his home, police said.
The killings are the third and fourth of the year. There were 13 at the same point last year.