BALTIMORE — Four women and two men are injured following two overnight shootings that occurred just one hour apart in Baltimore City Wednesday.
Shots first rang out at midnight in the 5500 block of Bowleys Lane.
"I personally just hid and got underneath my bed because I was so scared," said one resident that lives in the area.
That's where officers found three women each suffering from gunshot wounds to the lower back.
"I was up late and I just heard a whole bunch of shooting and a whole bunch of screaming. I heard more than seven that I counted, but I know I was in survival mode because I didn't know exactly where they were coming from," said a woman who heard the gunshots outside her home.
The women's ages were 38, 35, and 25.
As investigators were still on scene, a fourth victim, a 27-year-old man, checked into a hospital reporting that he too had been shot at the location.
All four victims are expected to survive, according to police.
"It's very scary. You know we keep our eyes and our ears open for our safety because you just never know what is going to happen living around here," said one person.
About an hour later on the Southeast side of the city, police were called to another shooting.
This time in the 700 block of S. Broadway, where a man and woman were shot.
"It's been pretty lawless this summer. Nobody's helping us," said one person.
It happened right outside of Hot Zone Tobacco on South Broadway.
Police say that’s where a 35-year-old woman was shot in her arm and a man was left in critical condition after being shot in the head.
"This, this is becoming too much and they honestly shouldn’t have to worry about having a black cloud of fear over their heads because our neighborhood is taking a drastic dip right now," said a neighboring business manager.
Detectives are still searching for motives and suspects in both cases.
Anyone with information is asked to call Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP.
Editor's Note: Baltimore Police initially reported that five of the six victims are women. They have since corrected that, and now say two victims are men.
