Detectives are investigating two fatal shootings that occurred three hours apart Monday afternoon on the city's west side.
Police said the first shooting was reported at about 2:06 p.m. in the 3700 block of Beehler Ave. A 29-year-old man had been shot multiple times in the upper and lower body.
He was taken to a hospital in grave condition and later pronounced dead, police said.
The victim was not immediately identified and police did not release information about a motive or suspects.
At about 4:45 p.m., police found a man suffering from gunshot wounds inside of a vehicle that had crashed into a tree on North Monroe Street, just north of West Baltimore Street. The man was taken to a hospital, where he died.
A second victim turned up at a hospital and was being treated for gunshot wounds to his body.
At the scene, a Lexus sedan with a shattered driver's side window and bullet holes in the door was resting against a tree. Three blocks north, detectives located shattered glass and a slew of bullet casings.
Homicide detectives ask that anyone with information about the incidents to contact police at 410-396-2100 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP