There's an ongoing turf war. Dubbed The Lexington War by the media, these conflicts have been going on between multiple of gangs and criminal organizations. Told through the perspectives of the law enforcement, members of each criminal organization, a journalist and an activist. Some will come out different than how they were before; some will stay the same and some will even perish. With there being several perspective characters to do the story justice, none of the characters have clean hands, everyone is flawed in one way or another.

Russell Williams is one of many who lives in the gang infested streets of Western Baltimore and strives to get away from the life of crime to focus on his wife and young daughter, but will the gang war and his older brother drag him back into it all?

In Southern Baltimore, Jack Holt and his partner is summoned to the site of a grisly murder, which ultimately leads them to Western Baltimore where they uncover how big The Lexington War truly is and the terror it brings to the criminals and bystanders. Jack Holt experiences challenges both at home and at work, with the latter being the most important to him.

From April to June, The Lexington War cost the city many lives, criminals and innocent bystanders alike.