Baltimore Shooting - Too Close to Home

[qwlauren35]

The Baltimore weekend shooting was within 6 blocks of my old house. It has really shaken me and saddened me. I hope I am now far enough away from this level of madness. But if not, I will simply move again...


https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/brooklyn-homes-mass-shooting-guns-UBQSMV6FMVGJDE5SFJLBLP4ZQM/

Investigators collected bullet casings from more than a dozen guns at the mass shooting scene in Brooklyn in which two people were killed and 28 others injured, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation.

Police haven’t released any details since a briefing Monday, when Acting Commissioner Richard Worley said in response to a question from a reporter that there were at least more than three guns fired and that the crime lab was working to determine how many.

https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/south-baltimore-shooting-arrest-WPNHE7GRHJGO3OOUDG6IX55KNU/

Baltimore police have arrested a 17-year-old and charged him with being involved in a mass shooting at a crowded South Baltimore block party on Sunday.

Two people were killed in the shooting and dozens more were injured.

The unnamed person was taken into custody Friday morning around 7 a.m. after police searched a home. Detectives took the teen to Central Booking, where he is being charged with possession of a firearm by a minor, assault weapon possession, reckless endangerment and handgun in vehicle.

Police have not said whether the teen fired a weapon that injured people or fatally struck 18-year-old Aaliyah Gonzalez or 20-year-old Kylis Fagbemi. Officials say 28 people, most of whom were teenagers, were also injured in the attack — one of the largest casualty counts for a single incident in Baltimore’s recent memory.

[AndyS]

1. I read somwhere that

1 in 3 people in the US has been touched by gun violence.

The more I read DU the more I believe it.

[elleng]

2. Thought so,

just passed by for surgery @ Hopkins Wednesday.