Incident Details

At least two people were killed and 28 others injured, three of them critically, in a mass shooting incident in the U.S. city of Baltimore early on Sunday morning.

The city’s police department said the incident took place at the 800 block of Gretna Avenue in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Baltimore soon after midnight.

Victims

An 18-year-old female was pronounced dead at the scene and a 20-year-old male was pronounced dead after being taken to a local hospital, the police added.

Nine people were transported from the scene to local hospitals, while 20 others affected walked into hospitals in the area, police said.

Hospital Response

The Medstar Harbor Hospital’s emergency department treated 19 patients Sunday morning, all suffering varying degrees of injury from gunshot wounds after the incident, MedStar Health Baltimore told Reuters in an emailed response.

“Nine critically injured patients were stabilized and transferred to Baltimore trauma centers,” it said, adding that all but one patient had been released.

Police Investigation

The police department said that at about 12:35 a.m. on Sunday, officers responded to calls of a reported shooting at the 800 block of Gretna Court.

Hundreds of people were gathered in the area for an event called “Brooklyn Day,” a witness told TV station Fox 45, adding that they had heard 20 to 30 shots fired.

Investigation Status

CNN quoted Baltimore Police Acting Commissioner Richard Worley as saying there was as yet no information on suspects or a motive, but investigators were “working an extensive crime scene.”