Baltimore City leaders and community members honored the lives of six students killed this past year while calling for an end to gun violence at an annual remembrance event Friday.
Standing outside the school district’s central office, friends and family held signs with the names of the students, who range in age from four-years-old to 17. In 2023, 19 students died by gun violence. Last year, that number dropped to 11.
But Mayor Brandon Scott said even one life lost is too many.
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