Baltimore Police: 8 wounded in attack, 3 shooters still at large
Officials say three gunmen shot and wounded eight people including a
3-year-old girl in Baltimore Saturday night
By Juliet Linderman
Associated Press
BALTIMORE Three gunmen shot and wounded eight people including a
3-year-old girl on an east Baltimore street Saturday night, police said,
adding the suspects fled and the victims were all expected to survive.
The shooting erupted outside some rowhouses about 8:30 p.m. after the three
armed men converged on the group from different points, Baltimore Police
Commissioner Kevin Davis said at a news conference.
Baltimore police work at a scene where multiple people were shot in
Baltimore, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016. Police said that none of the shootings
were fatal. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)
Davis, who went to the scene, said the shooting was a premeditated act of
retaliatory violence in response to a Labor Day weekend shooting in which a
man was fatally shot and two women were wounded, one of them pregnant. He
did not immediately explain how investigators believed the shootings were
linked.
Davis said the victims could have recognized the gunmen but authorities
haven't immediately been able to identify the suspects and were still
searching for them hours afterward.
According to the commissioner, one of the armed men emerged from an alley
and two others ran down the street, stopping just short of the victims
before they opened fire. He added that the 3-year-old girl and her father
were standing a slight distance away from the others and that the child was
not an intended target.
Authorities have said one of the attackers had a shotgun and the other two
had handguns.
Davis said that in addition to the girl, one of the victims was a woman and
the rest were men. The adults ranged in age from 26 to 39.
The shooting occurred just a block from where an outdoor fair was held
earlier Saturday. Police said the attack was unrelated to the fair and grand
opening for "Open Works," a project billed as an innovative work space.
Baltimore Police Spokesman T.J. Smith tweeted earlier that none of the
injuries was life-threatening but he didn't elaborate further.
Police cordoned off at least three city blocks late Saturday and were
keeping bystanders away as the police commissioner stood with detectives at
the scene. Nearby, detectives used flashlights to search overgrown grass in
an alley near the shooting scene. Police cars also blocked a nearby
intersection.
Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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