Manhunt Continues for Public Enemy No. 1
BALTIMORE (WJZ)-- Baltimore City Police are desperate to find public enemy number one, a 19-year-old man who was captured on camera stabbing a 73-year-old man to death.
Christopher Straham remains on the loose and police believe he's still in the Baltimore area and want him off the streets before he has the opportunity to strike again.
The elderly man was stabbed to death and robbed in broad daylight.
"Despicable, despicable to stab somebody," said a Southeast Baltimore resident.
Days later, the alleged killer and public enemy number one is no where to be found.
"To stab him repeatedly, it's certainly heinous," said T.J. Smith of the Baltimore City Police.
The vicious attack happened Friday afternoon near Pulaski Highway and Highland Avenue in Southeast Baltimore.
Police say the two men had some sort of interaction inside of the Popeye's restaurant. When the older man came back outside he was slammed to the ground and stabbed.
The 73-year-old man was captured on surveillance video trying to defend himself with his cane but he was no match. Some in the community are now living in fear.
"It could be anybody, you could be walking around and you could be the next person," said Alex Wischman of Southeast Baltimore.
"Plus the fact that someone is probably harboring him right in neighborhood," said the resident.
"The best case scenario is to turn yourself in and answer these charges like a man," said Smith.
And remind those who know something but aren't willing to speak up, they too could be the next victim.
"Someone who can do this to 73-year-old man could certainly do it to you," said Smith.
Straham now faces charges of first- and second-degree murder along with assault and robbery charges.
Online court records state Straham was previously arrested in July on assault charges and is accused of pulling a knife on a woman in a wheelchair. All of those charges were eventually dropped.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Christopher Straham are urged to call Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7-lock up.
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