Lonnie Tomon Plateo

Death by Force

Lonnie Tomon Plateo, a 36-year-old man from Baltimore, Maryland, was killed in what was later classified as a homicide on April 29, 2007. His death was one of many that contributed to Baltimore's rising homicide rate in 2007, a year that ultimately recorded 281 official murders. Plateo’s case is noted as part of a particularly violent period in the city, where numerous other homicides were documented over the same months, often driven by gun violence and other confrontations in different neigh ...Read More