Teenager killed in East Baltimore double shooting near Johns Hopkins Hospital

The teenager and a 26-year-old man were found with multiple gunshot wounds.

Published 8/14/2023 8:12 p.m. EDT, Updated 8/15/2023 1:48 p.m. EDT

A Baltimore Police car and crime scene tape remains on the scene after a vehicle exploded inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood on 7/27/22.  Two people are being treated for injuries, fire officials said Wednesday afternoon.

BALTIMORE — A 16-year-old was killed in a double shooting Monday evening near Johns Hopkins Hospital in East Baltimore.

The shooting happened around 6 p.m. in the 900 block of North Broadway where the teenager and a 26-year-old man were found with multiple gunshot wounds. The teen was taken to the hospital where he died.

High school-aged teens have been shot in record numbers in Baltimore. There were 84 shooting victims age 17 and younger in 2022. The situation has gotten worse this year.

The condition of the 26-year-old is unknown.

Anyone with information should call Baltimore Police Department Homicide Unit detectives at 410-396-2100.

No other information was provided.

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