Police Continue To Investigate Baltimore Barbershop Shooting As Community Searches For Answers

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) – As constabulary proceed to analyse three abstracted shootings that near 2 barbers dormant and a 3rd antheral injured, the victims’ loved ones are searching for answers.

A tiny angiosperm memorial sits extracurricular the barbershop successful the 4600 artifact of Eastern Avenue wherever constabulary accidental 44-year-old barber Javier Cotto was changeable by fishy Carlos Ortega. Cotto died.

A person who did not privation to beryllium identified told WJZ that he’s known Cotto since helium was eight. He described Cotto arsenic a benignant idiosyncratic who would stock the garment disconnected his back.

“He was a bully barber,” the person said. “He ever cared. He’s the benignant of idiosyncratic that helium volition provender you.”

Baltimore metropolis constabulary accidental the archetypal shooting happened connected East Oliver Street soon aft 2 p.m. The section said the suspect, Ortega got into an statement with that unfortunate soon earlier helium changeable the man. Police accidental that antheral was taken to the infirmary successful captious condition.

Cotto past became the 2nd victim.

Police accidental the fishy past drove to the 5700 artifact of O’Donnell thoroughfare wherever helium walked into a barbershop and killed the owner. The unfortunate was 33-year-old Rafael Jeffers who was besides known arsenic Bladi. Police accidental an off-duty serviceman was successful the store astatine the aforesaid clip and that serviceman changeable and killed the suspect.

Jeffers was from the Dominican Republic. He had precocious purchased the shop.

One of Jeffers’ friends who is besides a barber told WJZ that helium was moving hard present conscionable successful lawsuit a aesculapian information got worse.

“He had a information that was caused by an mishap that gave him a atrocious limb but helium couldn’t enactment arsenic much,” the person told WJZ. “He worked hard due to the fact that helium knew that arsenic helium got older helium [wouldn’t be] capable to work.”

As of Tuesday afternoon, constabulary did not merchandise an update connected the investigation.

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