More Than 20 People Shot Since Friday In Baltimore, Mayor Weighs In On Violence
At least 22 people have been shot in Baltimore since Friday alone.
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At least 22 people have been shot in Baltimore since Friday alone.
From Friday through Sunday, 16 people were shot in Baltimore, five have died.
A Silver Spring man was charged in a Parkville shooting that happened last week, police said.
Three separate shootings leaves one dead and two injured early Saturday morning, according to Baltimore City Police.
Robert Vicosa is a former Baltimore County police officer who killed himself, an accomplice and his daughters following a tense manhunt.
It is the latest in a string of shootings across the city Friday that injured six people and killed a man.
The victim was transported to an area hospital where he later died, police said.
The shooting comes after two double shootings were reported in the Central District of Baltimore.
The shooting is the second double shooting Friday in the Central District.
Residents of Northwest Baltimore called for an end to the shootings in an emergency meeting with Baltimore's mayor and police commissioner after a harrowing week.
Holley, a mother of four, spent a week on life support until she was removed from support and died.
Mayor Brandon Scott pledged to improve policing in the city after condemning the "shameless acts of violence" that "plague our communities."
As of Friday afternoon, Baltimore had recorded 59 homicides in 2022. That compares to 45 at this time last year.
Mayor Brandon Scott called for people to come forward to close this case. He spoke to WJZ just hours after the body was discovered.
Officers responded at 9:03 p.m. to the 1300 block of N. Mount Street for a shooting, where they found the 49-year-old woman shot in the chest.
The shooting happened on the same block a 70-year-old woman was killed Thursday morning, according to police records.
An agreement is reportedly in place with lawmakers to move forward without closing businesses earlier or paying to shore up police presence in the area.
One victim was found inside a liquor store, and the other was found outside it.
Baltimore County police have an increased presence following a brawl at Towson Town Center last weekend, and officials are working with malls across the county to share more information, Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski and Police Chief Melissa Hyatt said Friday.
Last Monday, another double shooting in Brooklyn on Valentine's Day took the life of a 16-year-old boy.
Investigators believe the man was shot in the area of Presstman and North Calhoun Street.
Officers responded Sunday to Skyline Liquor and Wine on Joppa Road, where they say they found the business' front door shattered and the suspect nearby.
Both victims have been hospitalized.
Officers responded to the 3200 block of Belair Road for a Shot Spotter alert, where they found one 19-year-old man who has been shot. The second was found a block away.
"I was in the kitchen cooking dinner and heard the gunshots," a woman who lives on Gelston Drive told WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren.
