THE COUNT
Homicides since Jan. 1: 255
THE VICTIM
A contractor renovating a rowhouse at Oswego and Park Heights avenues in Northwest Baltimore found a man fatally shot and another man critically wounded from gunfire. The incident was reported yesterday shortly before 10:30 a.m. LAST YEAR: Baltimore had recorded 234 homicides as of Nov. 8, 2006. ONLINE: Details and locations of this year's city homicides are at baltimoresun.com/homicidemap