The city of Baltimore has fired Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will be replacing him, amid the rising homicide rates in the city following the shooting death of Freddie Gray in April. 
Deputy Police Commissioner Kevin Davis is now serving as the Police Commissioner. 
On Thursday, a coalition of faith-based groups called Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development called for Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts to step down amid the high levels of violence in the city since the killing of Freddie Gray in April, according to the Baltimore Sun.

"At a time of an unprecedented level of violence in Baltimore, Commissioner Batts clearly does not have a visible plan to stop the violence," the group said in a statement," the group said.

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