BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore Police say a woman who gave money out of her car window to what looked like a needy young mother was then stabbed to death by a man who tried to steal her wallet.
In a statement, police say 52-year-old Jacquelyn Smith of Harford County was riding in the passenger seat of a vehicle Saturday when she rolled down her window to give money to a woman who was carrying a baby or something made to look like a baby.
Police said the woman had a cardboard sign saying, “Please Help me feed my Baby.”
Police said a man approached the vehicle to thank Smith for giving money but then tried to steal Smith’s wallet. A struggle ensued and the man stabbed Smith and fled on foot with the woman holding the sign.
Police said Smith went to the hospital but later died from her wounds.
According to WMAR, Smith was a mother of two sons, one in school and the other in the Coast Guard. Her husband, Keith Smith, said he now wants the city to pass a law banning panhandling and soliciting at every intersection in Baltimore. He hopes to call the law Jacquelyn’s law.
Investigators say the panhandler is a woman who is about 20 years old. The man is thought to be about 30 years old.
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