Baltimore mass shooting: Police search for suspects who shot dozens at block party
Misty Severi
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Baltimore police are searching for at least two suspects they believe to be responsible for a mass shooting that killed two people and injured 28 more on Sunday.
Officials with the Baltimore Police Department did not name any suspects but confirmed that a young man seen in social media footage pulling a semi-automatic gun out of his backpack is one of the suspects.
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“Anyone who had a weapon at the scene will be one of our suspects until we eliminate that they are not,” Baltimore Police Department acting commissioner Richard Worley said Monday.
A total of 30 people were shot at a block party in Baltimore, Maryland, on Sunday, including 15 minors. A majority of the victims were teenagers, ranging from ages 13-19. One of the older teenagers, 18-year-old Aaliyah Gonzales, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The other dead victim was 20-year-old Kylis Fagbemi, who was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Seven of the victims are still in the hospital, and four are still in critical condition, according to the BBC. Multiple weapons and bullet casings were found at the crime scene.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott vowed to find the culprits responsible for the shooting in a statement and promised to devote the city’s resources to finding the shooters.
“We will not stop until we find you — and we will find you,” Scott said. “This was a reckless, cowardly act that happened here. I hope that with every single breath that you take that you think about the lives that you took and you think about the lives that you impacted here tonight.”
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The shooting occurred in the Brooklyn Homes area in the south of Baltimore, Worley said. The shooting took place just after 12:30 a.m.
The city has reported 140 homicides in 2023 and 300 gun crimes, which is down from last year. Baltimore saw more than 300 homicides within one year in 2022, according to the Baltimore Sun.