Multiple People Open Fire In Baltimore Park, Leaving One Dead, 7 Injured

A group of people opened fire in a Baltimore park on Sunday (August 18) night, leaving one person dead and seven others injured. Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said the shooting happened around 8 p.m.

When officers arrived at the scene, they found four victims with gunshot wounds and rushed to the hospital, where one of them, a 36-year-old male, was pronounced dead. Four other victims walked to the hospital under their own power.

Worley said the victims range in age from 22 to 45, and their conditions range from critical to stable.

Multiple firearms were recovered at the scene.

No other information about the shooting or the suspects was released by Worley.

"These tragic acts of violence – which are still too common in our city – are only possible because of the continued ease of access to guns on our streets," Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said in a statement. "We cannot acknowledge this tragedy without acknowledging the role that the proliferation of guns plays in endangering our communities."