Two people were killed and another 28 injured – including three in critical condition – in a mass shooting in Baltimore, Maryland late Saturday evening. Those responsible have not yet been identified or arrested, according to the Baltimore Police Department (BPD), with the incident taking place at a “block party” in the southern part of the Democrat-run city which recently passed further “gun control” restrictions for law-abiding citizens.
Hundreds of people gathered in the Brooklyn Homes area to celebrate ‘Brooklyn Day,’ when dozens of shots were fired indiscriminately at around 12:30am. One witness told FOX45 that the shots “just kept going off.”
Acting Commissioner of BPD Richard Worley said in a statement to the press: “We located one female adult deceased on the scene and nine additional victims were transported from the location to area hospitals. Additionally, we had 20 other victims walk into hospitals throughout the region.”
The shooting was a “reckless, cowardly act that happened here and that has permanently altered many lives and cost two people their lives,” said the Mayor of Baltimore, Brandon Scott – who ran for office on a gun control and “defund the police” platform.
This is the latest example of a growing firearm homicide epidemic in Democrat-run cities, the likes of which have been unseen “since the early 1990s during the crack cocaine epidemic.” Earlier this year, Washington D.C. – only 40 miles from Baltimore –reported a 40 percent rise in arms offenses since 2017.
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