Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday called for immediate tough-on-crime measures to contain Baltimore’s surging violence as the city marks its seventh consecutive year with more than 300 homicides.

“People are being shot nearly every single day in Baltimore City, and we have an obligation to do something about it right now,” Hogan (R) told reporters at a news conference in Annapolis. “We have all waited long enough.”

His proposals, some of which the Democratic-dominated legislature previously declined to pass, center on tougher prosecution of gun crimes and greater transparency in the prosecution and sentencing of repeat violent offenders. Hogan played down the immediate benefit of greater investment to resolve the systemic problems that some see as fueling the city’s crime, prompting another round of recrimination from Democratic leaders.

Hogan noted that he ordered the state’s police forces last week to begin patrolling violent neighborhoods and said he asked the Baltimore Police Department to “redouble” its emphasis on high-crime areas after a string of high-profile homicides and violence that included the stabbing of a grandmother inside a church, the death of a 5-year-old girl, the assault of a priest and the killing of a barber at work.

Hogan said “enough is enough” and promised to fast-track grant applications to install lighting, security systems and cameras at community centers, and in business districts and churches.

“The reality is, no matter what actions we take, Baltimore City will never get control of the violence if they don’t arrest more, prosecute more and sentence more to get the most violent criminals off the streets,” he said.

Hogan said “there’s plenty of blame to go around” but also specifically criticized Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby. He threatened to freeze state funding for her office until the prosecutor produces detailed data about how she decides to pursue cases or plea deals with violent offenders. For now, he said, “millions” of dollars in state funding will be under review, although the review’s impact was not immediately clear.

“For the governor to put on a show today and to exploit the very real pain of our city residents as part of his political stunt is disgraceful and unacceptable,” Mosby (D) said during a passionate speech delivered in response to Hogan’s remarks.

“How has he been unwilling to develop a long-term solution to address the root causes of crime in our city?” she asked. “Why is his only solution to crime more police and mandatory minimum sentences?”

Mosby said the governor “has used Baltimore City as a punching bag” and that it’s a “lie” to misconstrue her unwillingness to prosecute low-level offenses such as trespassing with a failure to go after violent offenders. She said much of the data Hogan requested is already on her website and that she would be happy to supply the rest.

“Today was not about fixing Baltimore,” she said. “It was about Larry Hogan’s political aspirations. … He’s perfectly okay with locking up Black people for things that White people do in this country with impunity. He’s especially okay with villainizing the Black woman prosecutor who is challenging the status quo.”

Hogan, who is considering a presidential run, has a sometimes strained relationship with Maryland’s largest city. Like his previous calls to “refund police,” Hogan’s proposal Tuesday was met with criticism that he was politicizing Baltimore’s bloodshed.

“Victims deserve real leadership, not just performative politics,” Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) said in a statement.

Ferguson encouraged Hogan to improve coordination between city and state law enforcement teams and to improve the state’s parole and probation program. Specifically, Ferguson said Hogan could unilaterally reshape the state’s parole program into one that “anticipates the direct correlation between being a victim of violence and [a] perpetrator.”

Hogan said he would propose two bills for the General Assembly to consider when it meets in a special session next month. One would offer stricter penalties for illegal gun possession and straw purchases, the buying of guns on behalf of people barred from owning them. The other requires a state commission to track and publish how judges sentence violent offenders.

The governor has pitched both bills before and won some support among lawmakers, but not enough for the measures to pass. He said he’s asking for the emergency approval of the bills now because “we’re outraged by the past 10 days of violence in the city, which is kind of the most heart-wrenching I’ve seen in the seven years I’ve been here.”

Hogan said he meets regularly with Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott (D) to discuss crime, and he called Tuesday for another meeting. Scott has emphasized public safety and noted the city’s 300th homicide last week by saying that “failing to recognize the value of human life cannot continue to be the norm in Baltimore.”

Last week, eighth-grader Maliyah Turner was shot and killed near a West Baltimore recreation center she often visited after school. Her death was the city’s 302nd homicide of the year.