Violent weekend in Baltimore

Violent weekend in Baltimore

BREAKING NEWS OUT OF WESTBALTIMOR━ A MAN SHOT ANDKILLED EARLY THIS MORNINING.THAT MURDER CONTINUES ANASTONISHILY VIOLENT HOLIDAYWEEKEND, EVEN BY BALTIMORECITY STANDARDS..

AROUND 1:30THIS MORNING, POLICE FOUND AMAN WHO HAD BEEN SHOT, ALONGPRESBURY STREET; HE DIED ATTHE HOSPITAL.

THE SCENE WAS ACOUPLE BLOCKS SOUTH OF NORTHAVENUE, NEAR COPPIN STATEUNIVERSITY..

IN AL━ 15 PEOPLEWERE SHOT IN 14 SEPARATESHOOTINGS.

LAST NIGHT AROUND10 O'CLOCK A MAN WAS SHOT ANDKILLED IN NORTHWESTBALTIMORE..

IT HAPPENED ALONGLIBERTY HEIGHTS AVENUE, ABOUTA MILE WEST OF MONDAWMIN MALL.AND THEN LATER IN THE NIGHT,AROUND 11 O'CLOCK, A WOMAN WASSHOT AND WOUNDED OFF SPAULDINGAVENUE..

THAT'S ALSO INNORTHWEST BALTIMORE..

SO━ INALL━*TEN PEOPLE HAVE BEENMURDERED IN BALTIMORE CITY,JUST SINCE FRIDAY..

FIVE MOREWOUNDED.

THIS MAP SHOWS HOWWIDESPREAD THE VIOLENCE IS,TOUCHING NEARLY EVERY PART OFTHE CITY.

POLICE COMMISSIONERMICHAEL HARRISON HELD A NEWSCONFERENCE ON MEMORIAL DAY TOADDRESS THE SHOOTINGS.

BUT ASYOU SA━ THE SHOOTINGS,CONTINUED AFTER THAT..

WMA━2NEWSOUTSIDE POLICE HEADQUARTERS INDOWNTOWN BALTIMORE WITH MOREON THIS STORY.

MEGAN, HAVEPOLICE MADE ARRESTS IN ANY OFTHESE SHOOTINGS?POLICE COMMISSIONER MICHAELHARRISON SAYS THEY DO HAVELEADS ON A FEW OF THEM& BUT SOFAR NO ONE HAS BEEN ARRESTED.INVESTIGATORS IN SEVEN OUT OFTHE NINE POLICE DISTRICTS INBALTIMORE CITY NOW HAVE NEWCASES TO SOLVE& AFTER A VERYVIOLENT AND DEADLY HOLIDAYWEEKEND.

NINE PEOPLE KILLED&FIVE WOUNDED& IN 13 SEPARATESHOOTINGS FROM FRIDAY UNTILLATE LAST NIGHT.

HARRISON SAIDA COUPLE OF THE SHOOTINGSHAPPENED INSIDE A HOME, SO THEVICTIM LIKELY KNEW THE PERSONWHO SHOT THEM.

ANDINVESTIGATORS BELIEVE SOME OFTHE GUNMEN THEY ARE LOOKINGFOR HAVE LENGTHY CRIMINALRECORDS.

A COUPLE PEOPLE WHOLIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODSWHERE THESE LATEST SHOOTINGSHAPPENED SPOKE TO WMA━2 NEWSABOUT ADJUSTING THEIR LIVESAROUND THE CRIME& AND WHATNEEDS TO CHANGE TO TURN THINGSAROUND.“I have grandsons thatI donoften.

I take them out of theneighborhood sometimes becauseitIused to it”“This communityneed help.

They keep tearingdown stuff but they notbuilding nothing back up.These kids donto look forward to” THELATEST MURDER FROM LAST NIGHTBRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OFPEOPLE KILLED IN BALTIMORE TO119&WHICH IS RIGHT WHERE THECITY WAS THIS TIME LAST YEAR.PUTTING IT ON PACE FOR YETANOTHER YEAR OF MORE THAN 300MURDERS.

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