ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A 36-year-old man is dead and an 11-year-old boy was injured after a shooting in Annapolis Wednesday morning.
Police say the shooting happened in the Clay Street neighborhood around 7:45 a.m.
“[I] came outside and the boy is laying in the street,” said Leslie Johnson, “My wife went down there to see if she could do any assistance to him, and by that time, he was gone… on the way out of this world."
The 11-year-old was shot in the foot at a bus stop and his injuries are considered non-life-threatening.
He attended Annapolis Elementary School and along with him, there were numerous other students around at the time of the shooting.
The school was placed on a "secure" status for a few hours, meaning no one except students or staff was allowed in or out of the building.
The man was shot multiple times and died from his injuries, police say.
“The person that lost their life was the husband of my cousin so it’s very unfortunate,” Tereria Davis told us.
She says the altercation stemmed from one mother confronting another alleging her sons had stolen her daughter’s cell phone the previous day.
The victim came to the bus stop with his mother and his young daughter when one of the women sprayed mace, which then led to the gunfire.
We asked Annapolis Police Chief Edward Jackson who would show up at a school bus stop armed with a gun?
“It’s hopelessness,” said Jackson, “A hopeless person is a very dangerous person, because they’ll take you and the whole bus stop with them.”
And now, the hope of a community, which has seen more than its share of violence recently may rest on those who call this home.
“I just wish that our people would come together. Put the guns down. Talk it out,” said Davis, “If you can’t even talk it out, find other resources such as contacting the police, you know, which most people don’t want to do, because they don’t want to be labeled as a snitch, but at the hands of innocent children being struck by bullets, it’s unfortunate and it’s sad and it needs to end."
If you have any information, which could help police, you’re asked to call Detective Courtney Moore at 410-260-1314.
