Video of the shooting of 5 year old Raven Wyatt

I have mixed feelings about directing my listeners to the posting of this video. But I think we have to understand better how such a senseless crime can occur and an innocent bystander becomes the victim of the foolishness that exists in the streets of Baltimore.

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Justin Fenton from The Baltimore Sun reports TODAY:

Lamont Davis, the 17-year-old arrested and charged as an adult in the shooting of a 5-year-old girl last month, pleaded not guilty at an arraignment Tuesday as his public defender released closed-circuit camera footage of the incident that he believes could help exonerate his client.

The video was recorded July 2 from an unmanned and constantly rotating camera perched at a Southwest Baltimore intersection. The camera, during a brief pause, captures the incident as it unfolds. A man in a black shirt, cap and khaki shorts can be seen running up to a group of people and firing at another man as the others scatter. The camera swivels and follows the intended target as he runs up Pulaski Street, then rotates again to record the gunman fleeing through an alley.

After the camera pans around the intersection, 5-year-old Raven Wyatt is seen in the distance alone and lying in the middle of the street.

By the time the camera rotates again to the location of the shooting, scores of people are streaming down the street toward her, some visibly upset, as a crowd gathers. A marked police cruiser arrives on the scene within two minutes of the shooting.