Teen killed, another injured in separate Baltimore shootings, police say
A teenager was fatally shot, and another was injured overnight Saturday in Baltimore in separate incidents, including one near a school, according to police.
The 15-year-old girl was pronounced dead early Sunday morning after a shooting near the corner of Druid Hill Avenue and Bloom Street in West Baltimore, police said. It happened just after 2 a.m.
The girl, identified as Tyonna Pierce, was taken to the hospital, where she later died.
16-year-old injured in shooting
Meanwhile, a 16-year-old boy was hospitalized hours earlier following a shooting in Northwest Baltimore.
The teen was shot at around 11:30 p.m. Saturday on the corner of Piedmont Avenue and Denison Street, not far from Hilton Elementary School.
He was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Homicide investigation at vacant home
Homicide detectives are investigating after a 36-year-old man died from trauma to his body inside a vacant home in Northwest Baltimore early Sunday morning.
Officers responded around 2:08 a.m. to the vacant home in the 5200 block of Saint Charles Avenue, where Manteo Rogers was pronounced dead.
Residents, organizations discuss Baltimore crime
A West Baltimore resident expressed concern to WJZ, saying she doesn't believe her neighborhood is safe. She is calling on the mayor to do more in the Druid Heights neighborhood, especially at the intersection of Druid Hill Avenue and Bloom Street.
"It's every facet working together for one purpose, to save one life," said Brandon Wilson, with the organization "We Our Us." "The city is better. The city is safer. Just look at the results."
"We Our Us," an anti-violence community group that mentors young men and boys, says it takes more than just the police department and mayor's office to stop violent crime.
The group provides mentorship and mediation to stop violence among young people.
"The only way we can get in front of this thing is if we have them get proactive," Wilson said. "School is just not enough. You have to keep them busy in different organizations, different programs where they can begin developing young men and women."
