A shootout and vehicle crash near Mondawmin Mall left one person dead and three injured on Monday night in West Baltimore, according to Police Commissioner Richard Worley.

A large police presence responded at 9:30 p.m. to an extensive crime scene around the 2400 block of Liberty Heights Avenue. Multiple streets in the area were shut down

Worley said that when officers arrived, two vehicles had crashed into each other in the mall parking lot. Two people, he said, a 23-year-old man and a 25-year-old man, were found injured with gunshot wounds.

A 27-year-old man with a nonfatal gunshot wound was located in the 3100 block of Tioga Parkway. A fourth person, a 24-year-old man, was found dead in the 2500 block of Liberty Heights Avenue.

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Two of the injured men have been released from the hospital and are being interviewed by police, said Baltimore Police spokesperson Lindsey Eldridge.

Police said three handguns and a rifle were recovered from the crime scenes.

“As you can see, this is an extensive crime scene,” Worley said. “It was a shootout. It looked like it occurred here in this parking lot where the two vehicles were crashed together.”

The investigation is ongoing. Police are asking anyone with information to call 1-866-7LOCKUP.

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