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riversedge

(70,242 posts)
Wed Jul 8, 2015, 08:03 AM Jul 2015

Baltimore police: 3 dead in shooting near university campus

Source: Chippewa Herald Telegram




Baltimore police: 3 dead in shooting near university campus

1 hour ago


BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police say four people have been shot, three fatally, near the University of Maryland, Baltimore, campus.

Detective Rashawn Strong said in a statement early Wednesday that officers responded Tuesday night to a shooting reported in a residential neighborhood blocks from the campus near downtown.

Strong says officers found three people with gunshot wounds. One man was pronounced dead and another man and a woman were taken to a hospital, where they died.

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A statement on the school's website says campus police reported that two gunmen in two vans fired into a group of people.

Read more: http://chippewa.com/news/national/baltimore-police-dead-in-shooting-near-university-campus/article_d3f6fdba-f339-527b-9e7a-569048588894.html



Shooting from a van. Horrible. I hope they get these cowards!
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Baltimore police: 3 dead in shooting near university campus (Original Post) riversedge Jul 2015 OP
haven't seen anything about this on the national news yet.... chillfactor Jul 2015 #1
No one will ask if the shooter was mentally ill Recursion Jul 2015 #2
Thanks for telling me. This is news to me. Xyzse Jul 2015 #3
funny how your brain can play tricks on you. At first I thought the headline said that the police corkhead Jul 2015 #4

chillfactor

(7,576 posts)
1. haven't seen anything about this on the national news yet....
Wed Jul 8, 2015, 08:56 AM
Jul 2015

they are all so hung up on Bill Cosby nothing else seems to be worth covering....

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
2. No one will ask if the shooter was mentally ill
Wed Jul 8, 2015, 12:07 PM
Jul 2015

People assume a white shooter would have to be crazy, but the word "Baltimore" changes people's assumptions...

corkhead

(6,119 posts)
4. funny how your brain can play tricks on you. At first I thought the headline said that the police
Wed Jul 8, 2015, 12:17 PM
Jul 2015

were the ones responsible for the shooting.

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