2 children among victims in triple shooting
Baltimore police search for gunman
Two young children and an adult were shot Saturday night in east Baltimore.
City police said officers were called around 8:10 p.m. to the 900 block of McAleer Court, where a 4-year-old girl was shot in the foot, and 8-year-old boy was shot in the leg and a 61-year-old woman was shot in the leg.
Police said he opened fire on the three victims, who were outside with a number of other people.
According to police, the gunman walked up and opened fire, shooting in a "callous" manner.
While the investigation is in its early stages, police said there were many people outside at Latrobe Homes on Saturday night, and they hope people will step up to help.
"We have again, two kids, you have an old woman, do the right thing. This could have been your grandmother. These could have been your children," Baltimore police Detective Donny Moses said.
All three of the victims were taken to a hospital, where they are expected to be OK.
What happened is still fresh on the minds of many, like Rochelle Smith, who got a call the Sunday morning from a family member in the area telling her what happened.
"I was like, 'Oh my goodness. What are they doing?'" resident Rochelle Smith said.
"Whatever beef he had, he knew who he was shooting at. He just couldn't shoot, and we're fortunate that these people didn't suffer a more catastrophic injury," Moses said.
The shooting happened here at Latrobe Homes in the set of residences just behind me, and then the police believe the suspect took off running west.
Detectives are now doing what they can to find the shooter. Police said the gunman is probably in his early teens and is from the Latrobe Homes area.
"They were knocking on doors, combing through grass as you guys saw, and from what I saw and from what I understand they've reviewed some video footage that was taken in the area," Moses said.
For some, it's a violent reminder of how quickly things can change.
"It's horrible and it's scary, but we just keep on living," Smith said. "Regardless of what happens, we just got to keep caring about each other and keep checking on each other."
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 410-396-2221 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 866-7-LOCKUP.