In Baltimore city, chances are you've seen the images of shooting suspects caught on camera. But still, some of them escape capture, and now a closer look at why surveillance video isn't always enough to deter criminals.

The images disturbing images of bold criminals; some of them with no problem looking directly into the lens.

Police recently released images of the suspects wanted in connection with the shooting deaths in the Upton neighborhood Saturday. Two victims, including 23-year-old Maya Morton, who police say was caught in the crossfire. Her two children were critically injured in the car crash as the mother tried to speed away.

One of the suspects in the surveillance footage is seen shooting his gun, the muzzle flash lights up.

Suspects are aware of the cameras, but seemingly, don't care.

"I think this generation of shooters has just become accustomed to growing up under surveillance," Christopher Herrmann, Ph.D. an associate professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York. His thoughts on why some suspects may simply ignore the cameras when committing a crime.

But in a city where police have a dismal homicide clearance rate, there could be a more critical reason.

By the end of 2022, Baltimore's homicide clearance rate had slid to 36.3%. That means that two out of every three killers last year have so far, gotten away with murder.

And the clearance rate for non-fatal shootings is even worse. By the end of last year, detectives had cleared 23.3% of non-fatal shootings. That means that three out of every four nonfatal shooting suspects have so far gotten away with it.

"When shooters shoot their guns and they don't get caught they certainly grow more brazen. they certainly get more accustomed to not being caught. And we know research does show, the likelihood of being caught is the number one thing that deters criminals from doing crime," said Herrmann.

Herrmann says people intent on pulling a gun and using it have got to know we're in an age where cameras seem to be everywhere, including on people's front porches.

In one brazen homicide, recorded from a resident's ring camera, a suspect is seen literally skipping down an alley and then opening fire on a man in broad daylight. The suspect popped off 13 shots before walking away.

That deadly shooting happened in April 2021.

So far, no arrest for that murder.