Police have asked for help in identifying the white woman, whom they estimate to be in her mid- to late 30s. She has tattoos on her right ankle and left shoulder that say "Jerome" and "AB," respectively, said Moses.
He said he did not have any other descriptive information about the victim. At the request of city homicide detectives, he declined to elaborate on how she was killed.
Police asked anyone with information about any of the killings to call the homicide unit at 410-396-2121.
The deaths in Federal Hill occurred just around the corner from each other on the tree-lined streets that border the steep hill that leads to Federal Hill Park.
A 35-year-old Waverly man named Keyva Bluitt died Friday night in the 800 block of Battery Ave., after being shot inside a car and then pushed from the vehicle as it sped away. Court records show that a man of the same name and age has been convicted of car theft, armed robbery and drug manufacturing and distribution.
Witnesses told police that they saw several people jump into a blue Toyota before hearing a shot fired as the car drove off. Moments later, about 9:15 p.m., a door of the car swung open and the man rolled out into the street.
Just around the corner, in the 200 block of E. Montgomery St., an unidentified man was fatally shot about 2:45 yesterday morning. Although several residents called 911 or the city's nonemergency help line to report hearing what sounded like gunshots, the victim wasn't discovered until 5 a.m., when a jogger found his body on the sidewalk.
Neighbors gathered in clusters throughout the day, swapping stories and cracking wry jokes. One man walking toward East Montgomery Street joked that he was heading to the "high-rent murder district."
While some Federal Hill residents expressed outrage that such killings would occur on streets lined by historic brick rowhouses that sometimes sell for more than $1 million, others were more circumspect.
"The odd thing is that you get - complacent isn't the right word - but you get hardened to the fact that it's the city," said Linda Dehne, who lives in the block where the body was found yesterday and owns a flooring and tile store in the neighborhood. "Certain things are going to happen in the city, and there's not much you can do about it."
Baylin, the interim director of the Johns Hopkins cancer center, said he woke up at the sound of gunfire but tried to "talk myself into believing they were firecrackers."
