1 dead, 5 wounded in Baltimore mass shooting, police say
One man was killed and another five people wounded, including a 15-year-old boy, in an overnight mass shooting in Baltimore, authorities said Thursday.
Police responded to the city’s Mosher neighborhood shortly after midnight and discovered the victims, including an unidentified man who was pronounced dead at the scene, the Baltimore Police Department said.
Four men — ages 18, 21, 22 and 24 — and the teenage boy were all transported to area hospitals with apparent gunshot wounds, according to police. They have not been publicly named.
They were listed in stable condition except for the 24-year-old, who remained in critical condition Thursday afternoon.
Authorities did not announce any arrests or provide details about what led to the shooting.
However, an automated ShotSpotter alert drew cops to a Carroll Motor Fuels gas station around midnight. Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison told reporters a vehicle carrying “multiple shooters” had recently pulled into the gas station parking lot, where its passengers opened fire.
“Multiple shooters exited that vehicle and began to shoot indiscriminately into a crowd of people who were gathered at that location and struck six individuals,” Harrison said. “Those individuals got back into that car and fled and made their escape.”
Police are examining surveillance video and looking for witnesses.
“It’s a little frightening, but I’m in Baltimore City,” one anonymous resident told WBAL-TV. “This kind of goes on all the time.”
A comprehensive study published by Forbes in January listed Baltimore as the nation’s fourth most-dangerous city.
