"You have to commiserate," he said. "There are many people living in Baltimore's neighborhoods who go around minding their own business and live with this kind of thing year after year."
Several residents said that police told them the pair of killings appeared to be drug-related and that the man killed yesterday was shot 14 times and was carrying a loaded gun.
Moses said he could not comment on either the number of bullets that struck the man or whether he was armed. Police are trying to identify the victim through fingerprints.
"At this point, it is too early to determine whether they are related," he said of the two killings in Federal Hill. "However, homicide detectives are looking into every aspect of both homicides."
Residents said they fear many of the neighborhood's recent crime problems are spilling over from Federal Hill Park, which sits atop Federal Hill and offers sweeping views of the city and harbor. A green sign with peeling white paint at the park's entrance declares that it is closed from midnight to 6 a.m. - and that the curfew is enforced.
Residents, however, say it is not.
One woman said the park resembles a "club scene" on weekend nights with visitors drinking, using drugs and having sex.
"This is such a safe community - or at least it's perceived that way - that of course they're going to come over here to trade drugs," said another resident, Teresa Deltete, who has lived in Federal Hill for two decades.
Like many of her neighbors, Deltete said she'd like to see officers enforce the park's curfew and police Federal Hill the same way they do the Inner Harbor.
"It's very unfortunate, but everyone is confident that it's going to be dealt with," she said. "We just have to get a little more aggressive as a community in our demands. And if not, we are going to ask for a rebate check from our taxes."
jennifer.mcmenamin@baltsun.com
Sun reporter Richard Irwin contributed to this article.
