Shooting in Baltimore kills at least 2 and injures dozens

At least two people were killed in a shooting at a neighborhood party in Baltimore on Sunday morning, police said.

Just after 12:30 a.m., officers received multiple calls for a shooting at 800 Gretna Court, in Baltimore’s southern Brooklyn borough, the city’s acting police commissioner Colonel Richard Worley said at a news conference Sunday morning.

A woman was found dead at the scene, Colonel Worley said, adding that the other victim was also an adult, but he gave no further details. Several other people suffered gunshot wounds, he said, and three were in critical condition. Nine people were taken to hospitals at the scene and 20 others took themselves to area hospitals, Colonel Worley said.

“This morning, all of Baltimore is in mourning,” Brandon Scott, the city’s mayor, said at the news conference, calling the shooting a “reckless, cowardly act.”

Colonel Worley said investigators were reviewing the video to try to identify a suspect.

“We won’t stop until we find you,” Mr. Scott said.

He added that the shooting highlighted the need to address the “over-proliferation of illegal guns on our streets,” and the opportunity for those who shouldn’t have them to get their hands on them.

In 2022, Baltimore recorded more than 300 homicides for the eighth consecutive year. despite new initiatives by city officials. In the first half of 2023 there were 138, according to to The Baltimore Sun.