Violent Night In Baltimore As Police Respond To 7 Shootings
BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- City police are investigating seven shootings, three of which were fatal.
According to Baltimore City police, officers responded to Barclay and Lanvale Streets around 7 p.m. Thursday for a report of a gun discharging.
A call came in for a shooting in the 400 block of Pittman Place and when officers went there they found a 25-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to the back.
He was pronounced dead at Johns Hopkins Hospital are 12:26 a.m. Friday.
Police are also investigating the homicides of 28-year-old James Dankins in the 1100 block of W. Saratoga Street and of 24-year-old Brian Tabb in the 5900 block of Winthrope Avenue, both of which also occurred Thursday.
Police also responded to four non-fatal shootings Thursday:
- At 8:20 p.m. in the 5440 block of Gardenwood Road, officers found a 24-year-old man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to his body. He was taken to the hospital and is in serious condition.
- At 10:10 p.m. in the 1300 block of N. Carey Street, officers found a 20-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest, He's in critical condition at the hospital.
- At 11:34 p.m. at the intersection of Boarman Avenue and Garrison Boulevard, city medics treated a 39-year-old woman for gunshot wounds to the face. She is in critical condition at a local hospital.
- At 11:59 p.m. in the 1000 block of Greenmount Avenue, an officer heard numerous gunshots and found a 26-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the face. He's in serious, but stable condition at an area hospital.
Police are asking anyone with information to contact them at (410) 396-2221 or call Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP.