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Machine Gun Fire Erupts at Baltimore Hotel

Machine gunfire broke out during a birthday party at a downtown Baltimore hotel, critically injuring three people.

Police say the shooter is still at large.

Baltimore police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said police were called to the Sheraton hotel around 3:15 a.m. Sunday after a fight broke out at the party and someone began shooting.

Police found the Uzi submachine gun in a room where the party was held.

Guglielmi says the three who were injured were taken to the University of Maryland Medical Center's shock trauma center.

CBS Affiliate WJZ reports that three people were taken to the University of Maryland Medical Center's shock trauma center.

The two gunshot victims were adult males. A third man suffered facial lacerations but he was not shot.

Guglielmi said officials have no information on the shooter and that police are interviewing about a dozen witnesses.

He also did not know the identities of the three who were injured, but said one was shot in the head.

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