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Baltimore Police Recover 2K Guns From City Streets In 2020, Department Says

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Police officers in Baltimore took more than 2,000 guns off the streets in 2020, city police said.

The department shared the statistic on Twitter Thursday night along with a collage of some of the guns that were confiscated. Some of those confiscations happened in the previous week.

Despite officers' efforts, Baltimore recorded 335 homicides in 2020, the sixth consecutive year the city saw more than 300 murders.

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