On Sunday, a prominent Baltimore anti-gun violence activist, who had formerly spent time in prison but then altered his life to mediating disputes that could lead to violence, was fatally shot as he visited a public housing project.
Dante Barksdale, 46, was well-known for his work with Safe Streets, Baltimore’s violence-prevention program. “Barksdale, fondly known as ‘Tater,’ was shot in the head in the Douglass Homes housing project around 11:15 a.m. A few weeks earlier, one resident said, he had delivered winter coats to families at the complex,” The Baltimore Sun reported. “Southeast District officers found Barksdale suffering from the gunshot wound near the 200 block of Douglass Court. He was transported to nearby Johns Hopkins Hospital where he was pronounced dead.”
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