Teen Arrested In Connection With Fatal Baltimore Block Party Shooting

BALTIMORE, MD — A 17-year-old believed to be involved in the Sunday shooting on Gretna Court in Baltimore that left two people dead and injured 28 others was arrested Friday morning, the Baltimore Police Department said in a news release.

The 17-year-old is being charged with possession of a firearm by a minor, assault weapon possession, reckless endangerment, and handgun in vehicle after a search warrant was executed at a home, police said.

The victims of the shooting ranged in age from 13 to 32 years old, and 15 of them were minors, police said.

Aaliyah Gonzalez, 18, was pronounced dead at the scene and Kylis Fagbemi, 20, died at a hospital, according to police.

Three victims remain at local hospitals, with all of them listed in fair condition, police said Friday.

There is up to a $28,000 reward for any information that leads to an arrest and charges, according to police.

A source told the Baltimore Banner that bullet casings from more than a dozen guns were collected from the scene, with the outlet noting that it is still not clear how many people fired weapons or whether all the casings were from the same shooting.

Police said the investigation is still open and ongoing.

The shooting took place just after 12:30 a.m. Sunday in the Brooklyn Homes area, according to Richard Worley, Baltimore's acting police commissioner. Worley said earlier in the week it wasn't clear if the shooting was targeted or random.

Baltimore police are investigating why authorities were not posted at the "Brooklyn Day" party, which is held annually and normally has a police presence, officials said at a Sunday afternoon news conference streamed by CBS News Baltimore.

"That's what we're trying to investigate," Worley said during the conference. "This was an unpermitted event, so our job now is to figure out when we figured out that this was occurring and what our officers did. If we made mistakes we'll fix them and move forward so that this does not happen ever again."

The attack in Baltimore occurred as federal prosecutors there this week touted their efforts to reduce violent crime in the city. Police have reported nearly 130 homicides and close to 300 shootings so far this year, though that's down from the same time last year. Authorities have vowed to crack down aggressively on repeat violent offenders.

Baltimore's mayor Brandon Scott said during Sunday's news conference that this year alone, the Baltimore Police Department has seized 1,345 illegal guns.

"We will continue to hold those individuals who carry those weapons—who use those weapons in acts of violence like this one that we saw today—accountable, but we need accountability at every level," Scott said.

This story is being updated. Check back for updates.