2 overnight shootings in Baltimore leave 1 dead, 3 men wounded

One man was killed and three others were wounded in two shootings overnight in Baltimore as the weekend began, police said.

Officers responded to reports of gunfire in the 300 block of South Central Avenue in the Jonestown neighborhood around 11:27 p.m. on Friday, according to a news advisory from the Baltimore Police Department.

They found a 19-year-old suffering from non-life-threatening gunshot wounds, the advisory said. He was taken to a hospital.

Then, just before 3 a.m. on Saturday, police responded to more gunfire in the 1000 block of South Hanover Street in the Sharp-Leadenhall neighborhood, police said.

Three men — a 40-year-old, a 35-year-old and a 41-year-old — were suffering from gunshot wounds.

All three were taken to a hospital and the 41-year-old man died, according to the police advisory. The other two had non-life-threatening wounds.

Police are investigating both shootings.

City Councilman Zac Blanchard, who represents the South Baltimore neighborhoods, said in a statement that he will push to have more late-night enforcement efforts in the area every Friday and Saturday, among other safety measures.

“This morning’s incident is not an isolated incident,” Blanchard said. “Baltimore has made real, hard-won progress reducing homicides and violent crime citywide but Federal Hill is an outlier that warrants increased focus.”

Baltimore has had about 124 nonfatal shootings this year, according to data shared by the Baltimore Police Department on Friday morning. This was the same amount of nonfatal shootings around the same time last year.

As of Friday morning, homicides are down this year at 40 compared to 54 last year.

This article has been updated.