Shootout near Baltimore mall leaves 1 dead and 3 injured: Police

A late-night shootout followed by a vehicle crash near Mondawmin Mall in Baltimore left one person dead and three others injured, police said, triggering a heavy law enforcement response and road closures in the area.

According to Richard Worley, officers were dispatched around 9.30pm to what he described as an “extensive crime scene” along Liberty Heights Avenue in West Baltimore. Multiple streets were shut down as police secured the area and searched for evidence, CBS News reported.

When officers arrived, they found two vehicles that had crashed into each other inside the mall’s parking lot. Two people at the scene were suffering from gunshot wounds, Worley said. A third person with non-life-threatening gunshot injuries was later located a short distance away on Tioga Parkway.

Police also discovered a fourth individual who had died from gunshot injuries on Liberty Heights Avenue, confirming the fatality linked to the incident.

“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.”

Investigators recovered three handguns and a rifle from the scene, police said. Authorities have not yet released details about what led to the gunfire or whether any suspects are in custody.

Meanwhile, the Baltimore police are asking anyone with information to call1-866-7Lockup.

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