Dos fallecidos y 28 heridos tras tiroteo en una fiesta en Estados Unidos / Baltimore mass shooting leaves 2 dead, children among 28 injured

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Un tiroteo durante una fiesta en la ciudad de Baltimore (Maryland, EE.UU.) dejó en la madrugada de este domingo 2 fallecidos y 28 heridos, de los que 3 están en situación crítica, informó el jefe interino de la Policía local, Richard Worley.

El tiroteo se produjo durante una fiesta popular que había reunido en la calle a los vecinos del barrio de Brooklyn, en el sur de Baltimore.

Sobre las 00.35 hora local (04.30 GMT), los agentes de policía acudieron al lugar de los hechos tras haber recibido numerosas llamadas telefónicas que alertaban de un tiroteo.

Cuando los agentes llegaron, se encontraron con “múltiples víctimas” que habían sido heridas de bala, detalló Worley en una rueda de prensa.

Una joven de 18 años fue declarada muerta en el lugar del tiroteo, mientras que un hombre de 20 años murió poco después en un hospital local, según explicó posteriormente la Policía local en un comunicado.

Los 28 heridos han recibido atención médica en hospitales locales y tres de ellos se encuentran en situación crítica.

EFE

Baltimore mass shooting leaves 2 dead, children among 28 injured

By Gabriella Borter and Shivani Tanna – July 2 (Reuters) – Two people were killed and 28 others were injured, including four children, in a mass shooting in Baltimore, Maryland, on Sunday, according to police and hospital officials.

An 18-year-old woman and 20-year-old man were killed and three victims were still in critical condition Sunday morning, according to police in Baltimore, a city about 40 miles (64 km) north of Washington, D.C.

At least four victims were treated in the University of Maryland Medical Center’s Pediatric Emergency Department, the hospital said, without providing details on their ages.

The suspect or suspects were still at large.

“This investigation is ongoing, and we will not rest until the people responsible are held accountable,” Mayor Brandon Scott and the police department said in a joint statement.

The tragedy rattled the city at the start of the Fourth of July holiday weekend, when Americans typically gather for parades, barbecues and fireworks. The shooting occurred shortly after midnight at the “Brooklyn Day” block party in the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood of Baltimore, which hundreds of people attended, local media reported.

A witness told TV station Fox 45 that they had heard 20 to 30 shots fired.

A local reporter posted an image to Twitter showing police tape, cups and other litter strewn across a yard that appeared to be the crime scene.

Nine people were transported from the scene to local hospitals, while 20 others affected walked into hospitals in the area, police said.

Reporting by Gabriella Borter in Washington, Shivani Tanna and Jahnavi Nidumolu in Bengaluru; Additional reporting by Gursimran Kaur Editing by Mary Milliken and Lisa Shumaker