Two teenage boys fatally shot 15-20 minutes from UMBC

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 23:44:34 -0400
community-news-and-opinion

Last Sunday night 2 teenage boys, Dominic Perry and Anthony Tarbert were shot and killed in the Southwest Baltimore area between Edmondson Village, Woodlawn, and Catonsville. Late that night Anthony's father heard 10 shots go off and went on a 6 hour search for his son that ended in finding Anthony's body in a neighbor's backyard.
Cops found Dominic's body right away and it was determined that Dominic died rather quickly but Anthony had attempted to run for home with a gunshot wound to the stomach. He was only a couple houses away.
Just a couple weeks prior to the shooting, a cop was shot in the same area and Anthony stayed with the officer until EMTs arrived on the scene. The boys had no police record and were known to be good kids.

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-08-01/news/bs-md-ci-homicides-related-20110801_1_fatal-shootings-police-officer-service-weapon

It's heartbreaking to see such a tragedy as this happen in our own area, our own neighborhood. I have personal ties to Anthony, though I did not know him directly. What was especially upsetting was the facebook status he posted just hours before the shooting occurred:

"I thank God for waking me up to see another day"

I ask that the UMBC community keep the families of these two boys in your thoughts and prayers. And be careful. Sometimes your own neighborhood, the places where you feel the most safe, aren't safe at all.