Many Baltimore Scoop followers asked us to remove the recent 7-Eleven post. We understand that the footage was uncomfortable to watch , but we believe our community needs to see what is happening around us.

Too many people walk through life with little situational awareness. They are glued to their phones, leave doors or windows unlocked and assume that because our community is warm and welcoming, danger cannot reach us.

The reality is that our neighborhood is surrounded by areas experiencing serious crime, and dangerous individuals do not remain within neighborhood boundaries.

We do not share these posts to create fear. We share them to help people become more alert, more careful and more aware of their surroundings.

Every post on Baltimore Scoop serves the community. Sometimes that means sharing difficult footage that may help wake people up before someone else becomes a victim.