2 men dead after double shooting in Northwest Baltimore

Two men are dead after a shooting on Wednesday evening in Northwest Baltimore, according to police. 

Officers responded to the scene in the 4900 block of Reisterstown Road around 6:30 p.m., where two people were found with multiple gunshot wounds, police said. 

Both men were taken to nearby hospitals, where they later died. One of the victims has been identified as a 59-year-old man, according to police. 

Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call police at 410-396-2100 or the Metro Crime Stoppers tip line at 1-866-7LOCKUP.  

The latest double shooting brings Baltimore's 2026 homicide total to 20, compared to 19 at this point in 2025, according to data from the Baltimore Police Department. 

So far this year, there have been 39 non-fatal shootings, a nearly 8% increase from 36 at this time last year, data shows. 

In early February, another double shooting left two people dead in the city. 36-year-old Tiera Alexander and 42-year-old Joseph Osborne died after police found them suffering from gunshot wounds in the 2600 block of Edgecombe Circle. 

Baltimore's first homicide of 2026 was recorded after a shooting left a 55-year-old man dead on Jan. 3.

WJZ's Gun Violence Tracker shows that of the 427 people shot in Baltimore in the past 12 months, the majority are between the ages of 22 and 25.

In 2025, Baltimore reported 130 homicides, its fewest in nearly 50 years.