Young people ride their bikes near a police car while they gather in the parking lot of Hip Hop Chicken in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., May 26, 2019. Each Sunday the bikers gather to ride their bikes and hang out in a loosely affiliated group of bikers. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

People attend the funeral of Lakeisha Price, 42, a gun homicide victim in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., May 25, 2019. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Blondina Bean is comforted while she cries at a memorial for her son, George Phillips, who was a victim of gun homicide at the age of 19, in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., May 11, 2019. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. 

A homicide detective with the Baltimore City Police Department inspects a blood stain on the road at the crime scene for a gun homicide in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., April 27, 2019. The crime scene recorded the fatality of Juan Grant who was reported to be a friend of Freddie Gray. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. 

Francina Townes, 18, relaxes near her home with a friend who lives on her block in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., July 29, 2019. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Isiah Dixon (C) works on his truck while surrounded by other men in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., May 26, 2019. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

People attend the three-year anniversary of the death by gun homicide of Antonio Addison in the Sandtown neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., May 25, 2019. Addison, 22, was shot and killed while sitting on his grandmother's front steps. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A woman cares for a friend's child during an event called Feed the City in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., May 26, 2019. The Feed the City event provides free food primarily for the homeless one day a month, a program started and funded by a private individual who goes by the name of Charm City Cee. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A line of mourners watch as cemetery workers close a bag around the casket of a victim of a gun homicide Lakeisha Price, 42, during her funeral in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., May 25, 2019. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Wendell Lifford (L) receives a hug from another man on the street in the Sandtown neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., June 7, 2019. Lifford, a former drug addict, helps run a drug addiction program at a local facility called House of Change. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A woman displays a tattoo depicting her friend Christopher Yancey who was stabbed to death inside Johns Hopkins Hospital in 2017 reportedly by his wife after an argument, in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., May 26, 2019. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A woman places flowers into a van after attending the funeral of a victim of a gun homicide, Lakeisha Price, 42, in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., May 25, 2019. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

The girlfriend of the deceased, Gerald Brown III, has her picture taken holding a bouquet of flowers in front of his coffin in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., June 21, 2019. Brown was 34 when he became a victim of gun homicide. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A young boy watches as a police car approaches while they gather in the parking lot of Hip Hop Chicken in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., May 26, 2019. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A neighborhood in West Baltimore is pictured with downtown Baltimore seen in the distance in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., June 9, 2019. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Two members of the Hip Hop band called the Creek Boyz sing a song together during a youth gathering at the Druid Hill YMCA in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., April 27, 2019. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A liquor bottle is seen on the sidewalk at the crime scene for a gun homicide in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., April 27, 2019. The crime scene recorded the fatality of Juan Grant who was reported to be a friend of Freddie Gray. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A member of the Baltimore Police department stands guard at a crime scene on Mother's Day in the downtown area in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., May 12, 2019. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A man attending a memorial for George Phillips, who was a victim of gun homicide at the age of 19, holds a helium balloon in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., May 11, 2019. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Men play a video game while another gestures on the sidewalk in the Sandtown neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., May 25, 2019. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Women from the Nation of Islam attend the funeral of Lakeisha Price, 42, a gun homicide victim in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., May 25, 2019. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Shawn Simon of Slick One Music is photographed with a tattoo reading "RIP Lucky" the name of a friend who died in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., May 24, 2019. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Derrick Chase from an organisation called Stand Up Baltimore speaks with teenagers at a YouthWorks site in the Curtis Bay section of Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., July 29, 2019. YouthWorks is a summer program offering employment and mentoring to teenagers. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Edwin Avent (C) participates with students in a learning exercise at a summer session of a charter school called Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., July 30, 2019. Avent co-founded Black Professional Men Inc. in 1991 to lift up African-American men, offering lessons in topics from financial literacy to rap music. Black Professional Men has mentored 3,000 boys and awarded 225 college scholarships, using education and positive reinforcement to divert youth away from gangs, drugs and guns. "What we're doing is building black boys into the next generation of doctors, lawyers, scientists and leaders, maybe even the next Barack Obama," said Avent. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith 

People wearing graduation caps wait during Woodlawn High School graduation ceremonies in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., June 8, 2019. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Brion Gill, also known as Lady Brion, a member of young Baltimore activists "Leaders of A Beautiful Struggle," a grassroots public policy advocacy group founded a decade ago, poses for a portrait in front of a mural in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., July 30, 2019. "Communities like Pennsylvania Avenue have been neglected in many ways, economically, socially. We're trying to change that with places to enjoy the arts, dine, bring in jobs and tourism. It will be a model for change," said Gill, acting executive director of the district. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith 

Young people ride their bikes on Reisterstown Rd. outside the parking lot of Hip Hop Chicken in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., May 26, 2019. Each Sunday the bikers gather to ride their bikes and hang out in a loosely affiliated group of bikers. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A member of the Baltimore City police department walks through a crime scene on Edmondson Ave. in a West Baltimore neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., April 28, 2019. Police were called after eight people were shot during a sidewalk barbecue with one reported fatality. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Young boys ride their bikes past boarded-up and abandoned row of houses in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., May 26, 2019. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Francina Townes, 18, dressed for her high school graduation from Woodlawn High School, looks at her mobile phone while standing in front of her house in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., June 8, 2019. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Francina Townes, 18, works as a part-time hairdresser while studying at high school in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., May 27, 2019. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

People dance in the street while holding signs that read "ceasefire" in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., May 10, 2019. Ceasefire is a local organization that stages events to call attention to the gun violence in Baltimore. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A memorial for a victim of a gun homicide is seen on a street corner in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., May 27, 2019. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Brandon Donnell, also known as Cashoutboy, sits on the steps of an abandoned building while eating a meal in the Sandtown neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., May 25, 2019. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A cheerleader with a marching band participates in a parade on Pennsylvania Ave. in the Sandtown neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., June 8, 2019. Sandtown was historically one of the centers of Black culture but has been in decline for years and is now considered to be one of the lowest income areas of Baltimore. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A boy rides a bike near the parking lot of Hip Hop Chicken while a police helicopter flies overhead in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., May 26, 2019. Each Sunday the bikers gather to ride their bikes and hang out in a loosely affiliated group of bikers. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

The girlfriend and daughter, 9, of Antonio Addison, 22, who was shot and killed sitting on his grandmother's front steps, cry as they attend the three-year anniversary of his death, in the Sandtown neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., May 25, 2019. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Reverend Al Sharpton from the National Action Network speaks with hecklers after a press conference addressing U.S. President Donald Trump's tweets about Baltimore in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., July 29, 2019. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.