UPDATE: Mayor Killer passed away on May 21, 2020 at the age of 14. His loyal subjects have created a memorial fund with Baltimore Area Rescue & Care Add a comment to say it’s for Killer.
Meet the neighborhood of Hampden in Baltimore, Maryland. Population 15,000. A former community for immigrants working at the nearby sailcloth factories. Today, it is a hip center for urban living that has stayed true to its vibrant working-class roots.
[googlemaps https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d12344.43267615915!2d-76.6450282634184!3d39.33113472209553!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x89c804d5f7905ff3%3A0x5cc1e5ec25566796!2sHampden%2C+Baltimore%2C+MD+21211!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1555696387294!5m2!1sen!2sus&w=600&h=450]Now meet “Killer,” the unofficial mayor the neighborhood:
Killer spends nights inside with a specific human, but spends his days wandering the streets, getting food and water from whichever humans set it out, and generally not caring what you think.
I don’t live in Hampden, but I live nearby in the city of Baltimore. I’ve met Killer, and he is every bit as cute as his Instagram account suggests: