19-year-old man shot, killed near Morgan State University

Baltimore -- A 19-year-old man was shot and killed Wednesday night near Morgan State University, police said.

The victim was not a Morgan student, the university said Thursday morning, but police patrols will be increased at the campus as a precaution. 

Officers on patrol in Northeast Baltimore responded to a report of a shooting in the 4400 block of Marble Hall Road at 9:09 p.m., police said.

Once there, they found the young man with a gunshot wound to the head, according to authorities.

The man was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital with life-threatening injuries. Medical staff pronounced him dead a short time later, police said.

Anyone with information about the shooting should contact homicide detectives at 410-396-2100.

Anonymous tipsters can call Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP.