This past weekend, leaders in the Baltimore community asked for no shootings for 72 hours.
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An off-duty D.C. police sergeant died and a woman was injured in a shooting in west Baltimore on Saturday.
Baltimore City police said officers were called around 12:45 a.m. to the 2800 block of Elgin Avenue for a reported shooting.
When officers arrived, they discovered Tony Mason Jr, 40, suffering from a gunshot wound to his body and a 43-year-old woman with a gunshot wound to her leg.
Both victims were transported to an area hospital where Mason died from his injuries.
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Sergeant Tony Mason Jr was the only homicide that happened during the ceasefire. So far this year, there have been 301 homicides in Baltimore.
This was the second 72-hour ceasefire held this year, and organizers say they plan on keeping them going quarterly.
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The next one will be held in February.
