Two people were killed and more than 20 others were injured in a shootout overnight from Saturday to Sunday in Baltimore, United States.
A new shooting mourned the United States this weekend. Two people were killed and 28 others injured in the night from Saturday to Sunday in Baltimore, in the middle of a block party.
Shortly after 12:30 a.m., police received numerous calls reporting a shooting in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Baltimore. Once there, the police found many people with gunshot wounds. An 18-year-old girl died at the scene while a 20-year-old boy died in hospital, according to information from CNN.
Nine people were seriously injured, three of whom are in critical condition, and all the victims were transported to the nearest hospitals.
The police have no information on the shooter or his motives for the time being, but an investigation is underway to understand the circumstances of this tragedy. Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and local police have urged anyone with information about the suspect to report it to authorities.
Brandon Scott also spoke out and called the shooting a “reckless and cowardly act” that “permanently altered many lives and cost the lives of two people.” He also said that this tragedy “highlights the impact and the need to address the proliferation of illegal firearms on our streets and the possibility for those who should not have them to obtain them”. .
According to the association Gun Violence Archive, which lists all the information on gun violence in the United States, this shooting in Baltimore is the 337th mass shooting in the country since the beginning of the year 2023. Since the beginning of the year, a little more 21,000 people died by firearm, including nearly 9,500 homicides and 12,000 suicides. The United States, which has more guns than people, has the highest gun death rate of any developed country.
2023-07-02 21:01:37
#United #States #dead #dozens #injured #shooting #Baltimore
