An armed 17-year-old is in “critical condition” after police say he fired a gun at a man sitting in a car in the Baltimore area of Canton early Tuesday morning. WBAL-TV reported.
The potential carjacking victim and the boy exchanged gunfire outside a car wash on South Haven Street, police told police.
“I mean, it's always shocking, but this seems to be a consistent pattern with the carjackings that have been happening in this area lately. There's been a lot of carjackings.”
Police told WBAL that the 31-year-old victim reported being “shot” by officers on Boston Street around 2 a.m. Police said investigators believe the victim was sitting in his car about five minutes away on South Haven Street when a juvenile with a gun approached him.
WBAL reported that police said the victim took away his licensed handgun and exchanged gunfire with the boy, who then became unresponsive, and police are not sure if the boy acted alone. He added that he had not disclosed the details.
Doctors transported the man to a hospital for treatment, WBAL said. news radio station.
According to the radio news station, police were called to South Haven Street around 2:20 a.m. and found an unidentified man, later identified as 17, suffering from a gunshot wound.
Emergency medical personnel were called to the scene and the boy was taken to hospital in critical condition, the news radio station added.
Anyone with information about this incident should call police at 410-396-2100 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 866-7LOCKUP, according to WBAL.
“So, it's always shocking, but this seems to be a consistent pattern with recent carjackings in this area. We're seeing an increase in carjackings,” said Baltimore Police Department Southwest Community Relations Council Vice President. says Arch McCann. Neighbors and police liaison told WBAL.
Carjackings are up 1,000% since this time last year, with just one reported in the Southeast region in 2023, rising to 11 over the same period this year, according to city police data. said WBAL.
In August, a 16-year-old female driver was shot and killed during an attempted carjacking, Baltimore police said. told WBAL. According to police, on August 3, around 7:20 p.m., the girl and two friends were sitting in a parked car in the 5100 block of Levindale Avenue when a masked assailant approached them and fired a gun. , “demanded that the occupants exit the vehicle.'' car,” the station said. Police told WBAL that the girl immediately put her car in reverse and tried to drive away, when the assailant fired at the car, striking the boy. Police said the woman was taken to a hospital.
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