Crime & Safety
4 Shot, Injured In Baltimore On Tuesday Afternoon: Police
Police said multiple people were injured standing on Park Heights Avenue in northwest Baltimore on Tuesday, Dec. 18.

BALTIMORE, MD — Police said four people were shot in northwest Baltimore on Tuesday afternoon. All are expected to survive, according to the Baltimore Police Department.
Investigators think the individuals were standing in the 3900 block of Park Heights Avenue when they were shot.
Officers were called to area at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 18, for a report of a shooting and found four men with gunshot wounds, according to police.
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Here is the information police provided about the victims:
- 63-year-old man was shot in the arm.
- 22-year old man was shot multiple times in the body in general.
- 49-year old man was shot in the stomach.
- 18-year old man was shot in the leg.
Police said a 29-year-old man arrived at an area hospital soon after and had been shot in the hip.
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"All of the victims are being treated at area hospitals and expected to survive," officials reported.
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PREVIOUS REPORT: At least four people were reportedly shot in northwest Baltimore on Tuesday afternoon. The shootings were said to have been along a block of Park Heights Avenue.
Officers found two people wounded while responding to a report of a shooting on Park Heights at Keyworth Avenue around 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 18, according to Fox 45. Two additional shooting victims were located near a deli on Park Heights Avenue at Shirley Avenue, the news station reported.
All of the victims were men who sustained injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening, according to WBAL. Police are investigating whether a walk-in shooting victim at Sinai Hospital around the same time may have been connected.
There may have been a second walk-in shooting victim as well, Fox 45 reports.
At least four people shot in broad daylight in Northwest Baltimore. Police say there could be more victims. Updates on @FOXBaltimore at 4&5 pic.twitter.com/hdKP4YK7FL
— Joy Lambert (@JoyLambert) December 18, 2018
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