12 people shot at backyard cookout in Baltimore; none of wounds considered life-threatening
By APMonday, July 27, 2009
12 shot at Md. cookout; no life-threatening wounds
BALTIMORE — Baltimore police say at least one gunman opened fire at a backyard cookout, wounding a dozen people.
Police spokesman Donny Moses says none of the wounds were life-threatening in the shooting late Sunday night. At least twelve people were hit, including a 2-year-old girl and a pregnant 23-year-old woman.
Moses says the victims were wounded in the legs, arms, shoulders and backs.
Police had no immediate suspects or motive in the attack. Moses says a gunman or gunmen walked into the small backyard of a rowhouse in East Baltimore and opened fire with a semiautomatic weapon before fleeing on foot.
The Baltimore Sun reports that Police Commissioner Frederick Bealefeld was at the scene but declined to comment.
