BALTIMORE (WBFF) -Lives are being lost at an alarming rate in Baltimore city.
 

If the current pace of violence holds, the city could break another devastating record.
 

At least 163 families are forever changed in Baltimore, loved ones of those who've been murdered in the city just this year.
 

There were three more shootings overnight Friday into Saturday morning.
 

The 163rd murder victim in the city is a 23-year-old man who was found fatally shot after crashing his car.
 

"Baltimore is just back on pace for its worst year on record. About 350 homicides at the current pace. Based on what we usually see with a summer spike, which we’ve already seen in May and we are approaching in June, we will likely see more and more violence in July. It's just the summer predicts violence. As a result of that, we will probably see closer to 350 murders again in the city of Baltimore," says Sean Kennedy with the Maryland Public Policy Institute.
 

Right now the number of murders in the city is up year to date.
 

So are the number of people shot who've survived.
 

According to the latest police data, non-fatal shootings are up almost 20%. There have been 325 this year versus 273 in 2020. And those numbers are a week old.
 

They don't include people like the 16-year-old boy and 41-year-old man both shot Saturday morning.
 

"The number one thing to do is to take people who are violent felons off the street," Kennedy says. "The number one problem in Baltimore in terms of violence is individuals who shouldn’t have been free were free to kill and maim and terrorize the neighborhood because our justice system in the city of Baltimore is totally broken."
 

It's not just Baltimore.
 

Shootings and murders are up across the country as many cites grapple to control rising gun violence.
 

"While it is rising nationally, it must be emphasized that Baltimore’s rate is still elevated," Kennedy says. "It may not seem like it’s rising in Baltimore, but it’s so high already. Baltimore is the big city murder capital of America. Even if it goes back to pre-pandemic levels, it’s a tragedy."