#Socialites, join us in sending prayers up for Baltimore! Early this morning it was reported that there was a mass shooting at a block party in South Baltimore, leaving at least 30 people shot, with 2 of them confirmed dead.
According to several reports, police in Baltimore received multiple calls after 12:30 a.m. and when they arrived to the scene of the block party, officers found one woman dead and another nine people suffering from gunshot wounds.
Meanwhile, Baltimore Police Acting Commissioner Richard Worley said that those nine people were then rushed from the scene to local hospitals in the area, and that 20 people walked themselves into the hospitals. Three of the total injured have been listed in critical condition.
University of Maryland Medical System spokesman Michael Schwartzberg said that twelve patients are being treated at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center, while another four are being treated at the medical center’s pediatric emergency department.
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Police officials have also said that included in the tragedy, an 18-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man were killed. The 18-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene upon police arrival, while the 20-year-old man was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
Baltimore Police Acting Commissioner Richard Worley also stated that currently there is no information on any suspects, nor any motives at this time. However, Worley added that investigators are actively “working an extensive crime scene.”
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Elsewhere, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott went on to describe the tragedy as a “reckless, cowardly act that happened here and that has permanently altered many lives and cost two people their lives.” He said that the block party was supposed to be a fun time and in celebration of South Baltimore’s Brooklyn neighborhood. He described the area as a working-class neighborhood filled with immense pride.
Scott added, “It’s an event that happens in Brooklyn every year. Folks were out there having a celebration and then at some point, gunshots rang out and folks of course were trying to get away, get out of there. It is a neighborhood that has had its troubles, but a neighborhood that has seen some folks in that community really determined to see it be successful and see things turn around.”
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Speaking directly to the suspect(s) involved in the Baltimore shooting, Scott warned, “We will not stop until we find you – and we will find you. Until then, I hope with every single breath that you take that you think about the lives that you took and you think about the lives that you impacted here tonight.”
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