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Seven people have been shot near Perkins Square Baptist Church in Baltimore, Maryland, police say. The attacker is reportedly on the run. Seven people have been shot, one of them fatally, near Perkins Square Baptist Church in Baltimore, Maryland, police say. The attacker is reportedly on the run. The shooting doesn’t seem to be connected with the church itself.
Images posted on social media indicate a massive police presence near the Perkins Square Baptist Church in Baltimore, with a nearby street taped off following a mass shooting. Police have confirmed one of the seven victims have died. No motive has been established so far. A gunman opened fire indiscriminately at a crowd of people on Sunday in what authorities called an “extremely targeted” shooting. Police have confirmed that one of the seven victims has died. Another possible victim, a man with a leg injury, was hospitalized, according to the Baltimore Sun.
The shooting took place near two cookouts located on opposite sides of the street, the police reported. Police Commissioner Michael Harrison confirmed that the gunman opened fire once he approached one of the cookouts.
The shooting reportedly took place during a cookout. It is not clear if it is linked to the church. There have been reports that the incident took place opposite the church grounds. The Baltimore Sun reported that a heavy police presence and activity could be observed at a barber shop, located on the opposite side of the block. The body of the slain victim was recovered about a block behind the church, according to Acting Mayor Jack Young. The shooting was not connected with the church itself, he stressed.
Police spokesman Commissioner Michael Harrison confirmed that the gunman opened fire once he approached the cookout, killing an adult male on the spot. Shell casings were reportedly found at two different locations at the scene. Harrison said it appears that someone on the scene returned fire in an apparent bid to stop the attacker.
The body of the slain victim was recovered about a block behind the church, according to Acting Mayor Jack Young. Police said the suspect, who is still at large, is an unidentified black man, Baltimore Sun correspondent Phil Davis tweeted from the scene. No motive has been established so far.
Harrison said that it appears that someone on the scene returned fire in an apparent bid to stop the attacker. Baltimore is one of the poorest and most violent major cities in the US, with over 300 homicides reported annually in the previous two years. The current spike in violent crime, which is fueled by illegal firearms and gang activity, was first recorded in 2015.
Police said that the suspect, who is still at large, is an unidentified black man, the Baltimore Sun correspondent Phil Davis tweeted from the scene.
The shooting comes just a day after a gunman stormed in synagogue in Poway, not far from San Diego, California, in an apparent anti-Semitic attack. The name of the suspect, John Earnest, has been tentatively linked to a hate-filled manifesto that appeared online before the attack.The shooting comes just a day after a gunman stormed in synagogue in Poway, not far from San Diego, California, in an apparent anti-Semitic attack. The name of the suspect, John Earnest, has been tentatively linked to a hate-filled manifesto that appeared online before the attack.
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