Over the last month, Morrell Park residents say it’s been one murder after another.
"It's getting bad," said Morrell Park resident Brittany Linthicum.
"It's normal to hear a gunshot now," said Corrie Meador, another resident.
Throughout May, the small Southwest Baltimore neighborhood was struck by at least three homicides. Accounting for 75% of the homicides in the entire Southwestern district and 11% citywide.
The most recent killing was a 39-year-old man gunned down on Grinnalds Avenue on Tuesday. It happened just up the block from Brittany Linthicum’s home and on the same street, a 38-year-old man was killed just three days prior.
"It sounded like it was real close," said Linthicum, "I hear him them all the time."
The sounds of gunfire no longer rattle her.
"We want to get out," said Meador.
The same goes for Meador who lives just a few streets down.
"When you sit at the table and we hear a gunshot, the kids are like 'Did you hear that? I wonder who that is.' That’s sad, a seven and eight-year-old to say that," she said.
They both say as violence climbs, it seems like the ages of those committing crimes are heading in the other direction.
"There's a lot of kids fighting around here. A lot of younger kids starting to sell drugs," said Linthicum.
"They'll run up here and they're so small and they'll pull guns out," said Meador.
Both parents of small children, want to leave the area as soon as possible to prevent their kids from falling victim. Worst of all, they say police are constantly patrolling.
"Guarantee you'll find a cop on each block," said Meador.
And yet, the violence still shows no signs of slowing down.
"It just makes me really sad," said Meador.