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Police: 6 people shot in north Baltimore, including 17-year-old victim

Police: 6 people shot in north Baltimore, including 17-year-old victim
CONFERENCE. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT. ACTING COMMISSIONER RICHARD WORLEY JUST SPOKE, LIKE YOU SAID, SIX VICTIMS, AGES 17 TO 32 YEARS OLD. ONE WAS A FEMALE. WE’RE TOLD THAT RIGHT NOW, ALL NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. I’M GOING TO STEP OUT OF THE SCENE AND SHOW YOU HOW THINGS LOOK RIGHT NOW. A BIG CRIME SCENE HERE. THE ACTING COMMISSIONER SAID THAT AT AROUND 847, ONE OF THEIR OFFICERS WAS DOING A CAR STOP. AND IN THE PROCESS OF THAT CAR STOP, THEY STARTED TO HEAR GUNSHOTS. THEY SAID THAT THREE VICTIMS WERE FOUND AT A BUS STOP IN THIS AREA. AND THEN THEY SAID THREE MORE ARRIVED AT LOCAL HOSPITALS. AND LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THEIR AGES 17 TO 32 YEARS OLD. THEY SAID ONLY ONE WAS 17. SO THE REST ARE ADULTS. ONE OF THEM WAS IS A FEMALE. AND RIGHT NOW ALL HAVE NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. AND HE SAID THAT THEY’RE ALL GOING THROUGH SURGERY RIGHT NOW AS WELL. NOW, I SPOKE TO NEIGHBORS HERE AND THEY TOLD ME THAT TWO DIFFERENT NEIGHBORS TOLD ME THAT THEY HEARD AROUND 20 GUNSHOTS WHEN ALL OF THIS HAPPENED. I WANT YOU ALL TO TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT ONE MAN HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS. JUST PUT THE GUNS DOWN. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IN THE OLD DAYS, YOU KNOW, THEY ROLLED UP THE FIST AND DID IT LIKE THAT. BUT NOW IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY HAS A GUN. AND IF THEY JUST PUT THE GUN, THEN WE’D BE WE’D BE BETTER OFF. NOW. NOW BACK OUT HERE LIVE. YOU CAN SEE THE ACTING COMMISSIONER RIGHT OVER THERE. LOTS OF DETECTIVES OUT HERE. AGAIN, THIS IS A PRETTY BIG CRIME SCENE. THIS IS YORK ROAD AND EAST COLD SPRING LANE POLICE ACTUALLY BLOCKED OFF AN ENTIRE BLOCK OF COLD SPRING LANE OVER THERE. AND TO OUR LEFT, RIGHT OVER HERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL EVIDENCE MARKERS RIGHT IN FRONT OF A BUS STOP. AND TO THE LEFT OF THAT, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, THEY TAPED OFF THE SUNOCO GAS STATION RIGHT HERE. SO, AGAIN, THIS IS STILL AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION. AND POLICE DID NOT SAY WHETHER THEY MADE ANY ARRESTS. BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE SIX TOTAL VICTIMS. THEY FOUND THREE AT A BUS STOP AND THEY SAID THAT THREE SHOWED UP AT LOCAL HOSPITALS AGES 17 TO 32 YEARS OLD. OF COURSE, ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO BE UNDER INVESTIG AS SOON AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS, WE WILL BRING THEM T
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Police: 6 people shot in north Baltimore, including 17-year-old victim
Baltimore City police said six people were shot in north Baltimore Friday night.Acting police commissioner Richard Worley said around 8:47 p.m., officers heard discharging in the area.Upon arrival, they found three victims at a bus stop, and three walked into area hospitals. One of the victims is 17 years old, Worley said.Each of them has non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.A neighbor told sister station WBAL that he heard about 20 gunshots."Just put the guns down," Kane Foster said. "It seems like everybody has a gun. If they just put the guns down we would be better off."This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Baltimore City police said six people were shot in north Baltimore Friday night.

Acting police commissioner Richard Worley said around 8:47 p.m., officers heard discharging in the area.

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Upon arrival, they found three victims at a bus stop, and three walked into area hospitals. One of the victims is 17 years old, Worley said.

Each of them has non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.

A neighbor told sister station WBAL that he heard about 20 gunshots.

"Just put the guns down," Kane Foster said. "It seems like everybody has a gun. If they just put the guns down we would be better off."

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.