Surveillance Video Shows Response After Four Children Shot In East Baltimore; Governor Criticizes Justice System As ‘Broken’ Amid Spike In Violence

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — WJZ obtained surveillance video showing idiosyncratic successful a achromatic t-shirt moving from the country followed by different idiosyncratic connected a scooter minutes aft 4 radical nether the property of 18 were changeable successful the 1700-block of North Milton Avenue successful East Baltimore. The unit unfolded conscionable aft 9 Tuesday night.

A idiosyncratic runs from the country moments aft 4 children were changeable past nighttime 1700 N. Milton successful East Baltimore. Commissioner says victims see 14yo duplicate sisters—one walked to the hospital. @wjz pic.twitter.com/L0Ky1pbRGh

— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) September 15, 2021

The victims see a 17-year-old girl, duplicate 14-year-old girls. the youngest unfortunate is simply a a 12-year-old boy. One of the 14-year-old girls walked to the infirmary with a slug wound. They were sitting connected the steps of an abandoned house, according to police.

“I mislaid a kid to the streets, changeable and killed close astir the country successful 2008 truthful I cognize the feeling of losing a child,” said a parent who lives nearby. She asked WJZ not to usage her sanction and said she is fed up with the violence.

“We request to clasp connected to our children and person thing productive for them to do.”

WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren asked her what she would accidental to the constabulary commissioner. “Get thing done fast, speedy and successful a hurry due to the fact that lives are astatine stake—children’s lives,” she said.

More surveillance video WJZ obtained shows the constabulary response. A marked car with lights flashing arrived connected the country wrong 1 infinitesimal of the shooting.

“We had constabulary successful adjacent proximity who responded successful a infinitesimal oregon two—not acold away—right determination wherever they were expected to be. They heard the gunshots,” Commissioner Michael Harrison told Hellgren. “The deployment was there. What we person present are radical who are brazen committing precise brazen, cowardly acts of shooting weapons indiscriminately sometimes hurting people, hurting young children. This did not person to happen.”

Hellgren asked the commissioner whether these kids were targeted.

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“We don’t know. The reply to that volition travel retired successful this investigation. We request good, coagulated accusation from anyone retired there. We cognize determination were different radical retired there,”
Harrison said.

There person been 7 radical nether the property of 18 changeable successful East Baltomore successful conscionable 4 days. That includes a 17-year-old and a 14-year-old struck by bullets connected East Hoffman Street Monday. Hoffman Street is conscionable 4 blocks from wherever the 4 children were shot.

“It’s precise frustrating due to the fact that the authorities has invested much than $1 cardinal successful nationalist information successful Baltimore City,” Governor Larry Hogan said Wednesday connected the city’s violence. “…It goes good beyond the trouble successful recruiting constabulary officers now. It’s conscionable an full breached strategy wherever we are letting repeat, convulsive offenders sprout radical connected the streets. We’re not arresting them. We’re not prosecuting them, and we’re not putting them successful jail.”

Just met with Commissioner Harrison to sermon this week’s unit involving youth. This is wholly unacceptable. Our children should beryllium focused connected completing homework and preparing for different schoolhouse time alternatively than petty beefs that origin harm and perpetuate pain. pic.twitter.com/M8FnCl91Qg

— Brandon M. Scott (@MayorBMScott) September 15, 2021

Hogan went connected to say, “We request a authoritative who volition prosecute crimes. It’s outrageous and unacceptable that we proceed to person much than 300 radical murdered connected the streets, and it doesn’t look similar there’s a existent willingness to get thing done astir it.”

Governor Hogan commented connected unit successful Baltimore City and criticized a “broken” justness system. @wjz pic.twitter.com/nfPhSVi8Ws

— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) September 15, 2021

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Michael Craig has lived successful East Baltimore his full life. He says determination should beryllium much rec centers unfastened and much activities for young people. “It hurts. I’ve got kids myself. It hurts maine to my heart, and I consciousness for the mothers.”