Overview
- The West Baltimore shooting, which occurred Wednesday night, left a 22-year-old man dead, a 22-year-old man in critical condition, and a 20-year-old woman in stable condition after officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert on North Payson Street.
- In a separate June 6 Federal Hill case, detectives say three men were shot, one later died, and they released a photo of a Cadillac SUV plus images of two women they want the public to identify.
- Both cases remain active with no public reports of arrests and homicide detectives are asking anyone with information to call 410-396-2100 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP.
- Authorities credited ShotSpotter, a gunfire detection network that alerts police to suspected gunfire, with prompting the West Baltimore response and cited vehicle imagery as key evidence in the Federal Hill probe.
- City police data show 138 nonfatal shootings so far this year compared with 130 at this time last year and 44 homicides versus 56 last year, a backdrop police say underscores the need for community tips and leads.