Three shot, including 9-year-old girl, in Southeast Baltimore, police say
BALTIMORE -- Three people, including a 9-year-old girl, were shot in Southeast Baltimore on Thursday.
The shooting happened in the 3100 block of McElderry Street around 3 p.m.
Police said a 20-year-old woman and a 28-year-old man were also injured during the shooting.
Police said the 9-year-old girl was shot in her ankle and that the injury did not threaten her life.
The 20-year-old woman is in critical condition after she was shot in her torso. The 28-year-old man was shot in the leg and will survive.
Neighborhood residents said shootings have become too common in Baltimore.
"It's another day in the life of Baltimore," resident Eugene Moultrie said.
Some residents heard the gunfire, counting six gunshots before a vehicle went down the street.
Neighborhood resident Vergie Boone went inside her home right before the shooting happened.
"It just didn't feel right out here," she said. "You know how you get funny vibes."
Boone said she tried to protect some of the children who were playing outside at the time of the shooting.
"I go to lock my screen door and seen these little kids run around the corner like they about to fall, and they still hear the shots," she said. "I told them to run in my house."
Surviving the gun violence epidemic is a familiar experience for some neighborhood residents.
"It doesn't have a shocking effect no more," Glenn Keller said. "Like, oh yeah? Well, who was it this time?"
But when that violence yields child victims, there's a surreal element to it, Keller said.
"When the kids are involved, man, it's even more surreal 'cause they're not hurting anybody," he said.
Baltimore Police have not made any arrests in this shooting, nor have they released any information on what possibly led up to the shooting.
Anyone with information about the shooting should contact detectives at 410-396-2422.
Anonymous tipsters can call Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP.
