BALTIMORE — A man was killed early Sunday in a quadruple shooting in Northeast Baltimore's Hamilton neighborhood A woman was also critically.
It was part of a brutal night in the city, with a total of nine people shot between Saturday evening and this morning, two of them fatally. One of the victims was 17 years old.
The quadruple shooting was reported at about 1:43 a.m. on Harford Road near Hamilton Avenue. (Police had originally reported that it happened farther south, in Lauraville.)
Officers on a routine patrol heard the shots fired. They found a man shot in the torso and a woman shot in the head. The man was pronounced dead at the scene; the woman was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Two other adults who were also apparently shot at that scene later showed up at area hospitals, with non-life-threatening injuries.
Two community leaders - Mia Blom, president of the Hamilton Hills Neighborhood Association, and Anne Yastremski, president of the Hamilton Community Association - released the following statement:
"Residents are shocked and saddened by this act of violence. We recognize that it will take concerted efforts and collaboration between our community’s neighborhood and business associations, business owners, and public safety agencies to address the underlying causes and create sustainable solutions."
Earlier that night, a 39-year-old man and a 35-year-old man were reportedly both shot in the southwest, at about 1:02 a.m. on Old Frederick Road near Palormo Avenue.
Police did not provide their conditions, except to say they're stable.
At 11:31 p.m. last night, a man was found shot to death on West Lombard Street near South Carrollton Avenue.
At 7:50 p.m., officers found two people shot in the leg or foot about a block apart in the area of East 22nd Street and Cecil Avenue.
One of the victims was a 17-year-old boy; the other was a 58-year-old man. Both have non-life-threatening injuries.
