BALTIMORE COUNTY (WBFF) — Baltimore County leaders took to the streets of downtown Towson on Tuesday, aiming to reassure residents and businesses worried about recent violence — including last week’s deadly shooting at the Towson circle.
County officials, including Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough, joined a public safety walk through downtown Towson to highlight how partnerships between the community, businesses and law enforcement can strengthen safety. County Councilman Julian Jones organized the walk.
“We are here to keep them safe,” Jones said.
Jones, who is also a candidate for Baltimore County executive, said violent incidents can be difficult to prevent but promised an aggressive response when they happen.
“It may be impossible to stop random acts of violence. But when they occur, just trust and believe that there will be no stone unturned. There will be no distance too far or no mountain too high for our law enforcement officials who will capture that suspect, bring them to justice and we will prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law,” Jones said.
The walk came as residents and others continue to voice concerns after recent shootings in the area, including a fatal shooting last Friday in daylight at the Towson circle. Police said 22-year-old Nasir Majied was shot several times while in his car. Majied was a Towson University student.
Police have said they are not ruling out the possibility of road rage in the incident. The suspected shooter remains on the loose.
“We continue to investigate that case,” McCullough said. “There’s nothing more than outrage, it’s unacceptable, something like that. I’m hoping that we’ll, uh, we’ll get close to apprehending the suspect in that case. Our investigators, um, they’re working hard and diligently gathering evidence,” he added.
Towson University students said the killing has rattled the campus community.
“That definitely just shocked me and got me a little scared because that could have been me, that could’ve been me right there,” said Kekoa Braun, a TU student.
“I’m outraged. I’m scared. I really deeply feel sorrow for his family because as someone who has lost somebody very close to me also recently, I can’t even imagine what his parents are going through,” said Rebecca Harasymczuk, a TU student.
Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates and Baltimore County State’s Attorney Scott Shellenberger also participated in the walk, emphasizing coordination across jurisdictions and a focus on violent crime.
“Well, because I think I am (tough on crime) and I think my prosecutors are. And I think I need to adapt that term to tough on violent crime. That’s the place where we’re very tough and make sure we get good sentences on violent crime,” Shellenberger said.
“Well, look, we’re in partnership. We have to collaborate. What happens in the county affects the city. What happens when the city affects the county. We want to keep the entire region as safe as possible,” Bates said.
Shellenberger also said the number of homicides in Baltimore County is trending in the right direction–downward this year, after the county recorded a five-year low of 28 homicides last year.
Police said cooperation with nearby businesses has provided potentially valuable surveillance images that could help lead to an arrest in Majied’s killing. McCullough said he is confident an arrest will be made.
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