Baltimore block party shooting leaves 2 dead, 28 injured

Two people were killed and 28 others injured in a mass shooting at the scene of a holiday weekend block party in Baltimore, Maryland, early Sunday morning.

The shooting occurred shortly after midnight at the “Brooklyn Day” block party in the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood of Baltimore, which hundreds of people attended, local media reported.

According the Baltimore Police Department, an 18-year-old woman and 20-year-old man were killed and three victims were still in critical condition. The suspect or suspects were still at large.

“This investigation is ongoing, and we will not rest until the people responsible are held accountable,” Mayor Brandon Scott and the police department said in a joint statement.

The tragedy rattled Baltimore, a city about 40 miles (64 km) north of Washington D.C., at the start of the Fourth of July holiday weekend, when Americans typically gather for parades, barbecues and fireworks.

A witness told TV station Fox 45 that they had heard 20 to 30 shots fired.

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A local reporter posted an image to Twitter showing police tape, cups and other litter strewn across a yard that appeared to be the crime scene.

Nine people were transported from the scene to local hospitals, while 20 others affected walked into hospitals in the area, police said.

Medstar Harbor Hospital’s emergency department treated 19 patients on Sunday morning, all suffering varying degrees of injury from gunshot wounds after the incident, MedStar Health Baltimore said in an email. All but one patient had been released as of Sunday morning.