Overview
- Police arrested 21-year-old Donnell Thomas on Thursday, June 11, and charged him with two counts of first-degree attempted murder; he is being held without bail at Central Booking.
- Officers tied Thomas to a June 6 shooting on the 600 block of North Patterson Park Avenue that wounded a 15-year-old and to a June 11 shooting on the 400 block of Milton Avenue that wounded a 17-year-old, with both victims surviving.
- Thomas was taken into custody at a residence on the 400 block of North Port Street, according to police statements reported by local outlets.
- The two shootings came during a concentrated wave of violence in early June that included multiple triple and double shootings and at least two deaths, including the killing of Curtis Knox on June 6.
- City data cited by reporters show mixed trends through mid-June, with 44 homicides year-to-date compared with 58 at the same point last year and slightly more nonfatal shootings this year, a contrast that officials say frames the recent cluster of incidents.