Five men killed, several injured in Baltimore shootings over Memorial Day weekend so far

May 30, 2021- 10:10 p.m.

Baltimore Police say five men were killed and several more injured in shootings since Friday as the department responds to another stretch of violence in the city over Memorial Day weekend.

On Sunday, one man was fatally shot, a 17-year-old girl was in critical condition after being shot in the head, and two other people were injured in shootings across the city, police said.

At about 4:15 a.m. Sunday, city police officers responded to the 1400 block of W. Mulberry St. in West Baltimore after receiving ShotSpotter alerts, according to a police news release. There, they found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body. Medics took the man to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to police.

“Moments later,” police said, a 41-year-old man walked into a nearby hospital suffering from a gunshot wound to his hip. His injuries were not life-threatening, according to the release. Police said they believe the man also was shot in the 1400 block of W. Mulberry St., which is near the border of the city’s Harlem Park and Franklin Square neighborhoods.

Later Sunday morning, officers found a 39-year-old man near Johns Hopkins Hospital who had been shot in the face.

The department said Southeast District officers responded to a vehicle crash in the 2300 block of Orleans St. around 11:45 p.m. Upon arriving, officers found the man shot in the face inside a crashed vehicle, police said.

He was taken to the hospital with injuries not believed to be life-threatening, police said.

About five hours later, police say that a 17-year-old girl was found shot in the head in the city’s Lower Edmondson Village neighborhood.

Police said that officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 500 block of Denison St. at 5:28 p.m. and found a 17-year-old girl who’d been shot in the head.

She was taken to the hospital where she is listed in critical condition, police said. The department added that while officers still are investigating, the shooting was possibly “domestic-related.”

Police said one man was shot and killed Friday night, and three others were shot dead Saturday. Two people also were injured in Saturday’s violence.

Around 10:45 p.m. Friday, a 61-year-old man was shot multiple times in West Baltimore’s Union Square neighborhood. He died at the hospital.

Just after midnight, a 21-year-old man walked into a hospital, having been shot multiple times in East Baltimore, police said. He also died at the hospital.

Then, shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday, a 24-year-old walked into a hospital, saying he’d been shot in the back while sitting in his vehicle in West Baltimore along Belvedere Avenue, police said. His injuries were not life-threatening.

At 7:52 p.m., police responded to West Baltimore’s Coppin Heights/Ash-Co East neighborhood and found a 46-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to his head. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

At 9:24 p.m., police found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in the city’s Belair-Edison neighborhood. The man was taken to a hospital with injuries that weren’t life-threatening.

Minutes later, police found another man shot in the head in South Baltimore. That man, who was 52 years old, was taken to a hospital, where police said he was pronounced dead.

Homicide detectives are asking anyone with information about the shootings to call them at 410-396-2100. Those who wish to leave anonymous tips can call Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP.

Memorial Day weekend has often seen increases in shootings and violence in Baltimore and other major cities. Chicago police have reported that two men were killed and 13 people have been wounded in shootings throughout the city since Friday.

Last year, Baltimore saw nine people fatally shot and an additional five injured during Memorial Day weekend, despite residents being ordered to stay at home during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said at the time that the killings were not random and that “retaliatory violence” was to blame for some of the shootings.