Schoolboy dead and four other boys hurt after shopping center shooting

5 highschool college students had been shot exterior a shopping mall in Baltimore, Maryland (Footage: AP)

A highschool scholar was killed and 4 different boys had been injured in a capturing at a procuring middle in southwest Baltimore, police mentioned.

Cops responded to the Edmondson Village procuring middle car parking zone round 11.15am on Wednesday and located 5 boys on the bottom with gunshot wounds, mentioned Police Commissioner Michael Harrison.

All 5 victims had been transported to hospitals and considered one of them died, Harrison mentioned. The opposite 4 boys sustained non-life-threatening wounds.

‘The officer started to render medical consideration and life-saving measures to a number of victims, referred to as for help,’ mentioned Harrison. ‘Faculty police had been very fast to reach on the scene (and) additionally started to render life-saving measures and First Help to the 5 victims.’

Proof markers are seen close to a bullet casing, a belt and a bloody shirt on the website of a capturing close to Edmondson Westside Excessive Faculty (Image: AP)

The sufferer who died was 16 years outdated, WBAL reported. Two of the injured boys had been 17 years outdated and the opposite two had been 18.

Police imagine the victims had been Edmondson Westside Excessive Faculty college students on their lunch break. The varsity is throughout the road from the procuring middle. The boys had been in entrance of a Popeye’s restaurant and Rita’s Italian Ice when two gunman fired at them and fled, Harrison mentioned.

‘What we imagine is that two shooters started to open fireplace on the different people who had been all collectively in entrance of the mall,’ mentioned Harrison.

There have been no descriptions of the suspects instantly after the capturing.

As we speak, we discovered 5 college students had been injured after being shot in a shopping mall throughout the road from Edmondson Westside Excessive Faculty. Sadly, one of many college students has handed away. Our campus stays secure. The varsity is in lockdown standing whereas the police investigation happens.

— Baltimore Metropolis Public Faculties (@BaltCitySchools) January 4, 2023

‘We’re in search of witnesses,’ Harrison mentioned. ‘We're in search of something that will inform us how this occurred, why this occurred and who’s liable for it.’

The varsity district tweeted: ‘As we speak, we discovered 5 college students had been injured after being shot in a shopping mall throughout the road from Edmondson Westside Excessive Faculty.

‘Sadly, one of many college students has handed away. Our campus stays secure. The varsity is in lockdown standing whereas the police investigation happens.’

Anybody with info is urged to contact police or Crime Stoppers.

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