Baltimore cease-fire brings glimmer of hope

City could see 400 homicides this year, a per capita record

BALTIMORE, Maryland - Erricka Bridgeford points out the intersection where her cousin was shot dead in 2015, an all-too-familiar tragedy in gang-wracked Baltimore, one of the most violent cities in the United States.

Last weekend, she helped organize a cease-fire that was meant to last three days, but ended 41 hours later.