Three separate shootings in Baltimore on Wednesday left one man dead, another hospitalized with multiple gunshot wounds and a third man nursing a gunshot to the hand suffered while walking his dog.
Baltimore Police said they are investigating the shootings, which occurred in a six-hour span beginning around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Police said that around 12:30 p.m. Western District officers responded to the 300 block of N. Fulton Ave. near Franklin Square for a ShotSpotter alert. When officers arrived, they found a man suffering from gunshot wounds to his chest. Medics took the man to an area hospital where his condition was listed as critical, police said.
In a news release around 8 p.m., police said the man died from his injuries.
Just 30 minutes earlier, police were called to a local hospital to investigate after a 45-year-old man walked in seeking treatment. The man told police that he was walking his dog in the 3400 block of Clifton Ave. in the Walbrook neighborhood when he felt a pain in his hand and realized that he had been shot,
And earlier Wednesday, Baltimore responded around 6:24 a.m. to a shooting in the 1800 block of Wilhelm St. in Carrollton Ridge.
When officers arrived, they found a 21-year-old man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, according to police. Police did not provide details on his condition.
Southern District detectives are asking anyone with information to contact police at 410-396-2499.