But it starts out like every other story you have ever seen; a man is dead from a gunshot wound, and the neighbors say, "It's a terrible thing to happen right next door to me. That's terrible," said a neighbor, and, "It's very scary because this is a quiet neighborhood. My wife and I, we came back, we saw that, because that never happens around here. This is working people, real quiet. Everybody minds their business. It's very scary," said another neighbor.
And the Baltimore City police are looking for a man from Carroll County for this murder. Carroll County used to be quite rural; it's not totally country anymore, thanks to the many people who fled the urban bullet-flying splendor of Baltimore City and Baltimore County to move out there and swell the population.
And chances are, when they catch the killer, if in fact the man they seek is actually the killer, you will read quotes from his friends and neighbors, statements along the lines of, "He was a quiet man, just a nice guy," and "He mainly kept to himself. One time the kids were playing football outside and the ball bounced onto his lawn. He picked it up and heaved it back, 30 yards easy, and didn't say a word. But the kids liked him."
If the guy the cops are talking about is the murderer, we know he is a polite person. The city PD says he left notes at the murder scene, notes in which he confessed to the crime.
"There were letters. At the time, we didn't know 100 percent sure (the letters) were from the suspect, but we were able to determine that they were in fact from the suspect, basically apologizing for what occurred," Baltimore police media relations Chief T.J. Smith said.There is still a genteel politesse in some sections of our town. Leaving notes apologizing for killing someone is probably unprecedented, but only because Hallmark hasn't gotten around to making a card for that sad occasion.
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