Fatal shooting downtown; three injured in Westport
[This post has been updated]
One man was killed in a downtown Baltimore shooting early Wednesday, and three others were injured in an earlier drive-by shooting in the Westport neighborhood, police said.
The killing broke a streak of nearly 12 days without a homicide in Baltimore, one of the longest such stretches in years, according to records.The downtown shooting occurred about 2:30 a.m. in the 100 block of N. Eutaw St., near Lexington Market. Officers responding to the scene found a 1978 Buick on the sidewalk near a Metro stop in the 400 block of W. Lexington St., with a man in the driver's seat suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, said Detective Donny Moses, a police spokesman.
Investigators believe the man was shot on Eutaw Street — where shell casings were recovered — then traveled north until coming to a rest against a fence. The man's identity had not been confirmed as of Wednesday afternoon, Moses said.
In the earlier incident, reported about 10:40 p.m. Tuesday, police were called to the 2300 block of Sidney Ave., in Baltimore's Westport neighborhood, where they found a 21-year-old man, a 19-year-old man and a 20-year-old man suffering from gunshot wounds.
Two of the victims walked into Harbor Hospital for treatment, and all three suffered non-life-threatening injuries, police said. They had no suspects and had yet to determine a motive in the shooting.
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where is the leadership and comments from the police department.you dont here the commissioner bragging about how he is stopping the killings,now that the homicide rate is so high
It's true - the command staff has been very quiet over the past, say, 9 months or so.
Posted by: Ed | May 13, 2011 6:42 PM
I'm sad to say that the victim in the wednesday shooting downtown, was a very dear friend of mine named Willie Elliot. It is terrible that we live in a city that continue's to see so much violence!! Will was a great person with a great sense of humor and was the life of the party. We will miss and love him forever and hope that the perpertrator's of this corwardly act be found and brought to justice. WE LOVE YOU WILL!!!
Posted by: shawnette graham | May 15, 2011 9:10 AM
We need correct spelling of Mr. Elliot(t)'s last name. Shawnette says Elliot and I see TAB says Elliott.
Best I can do if there's some sort of question over his name is to give a DOB - 12/6/79. -JF
Posted by: Cham | May 16, 2011 3:51 PM
I see different spellings in the case search for Willie Elliot and Willie Elliott born 12/09/79 with several different addresses including Halethorpe, Baltimore Street and Gwynn Oak, but he is consistently short and 250 pounds. Nothing for a Willie Elliot/t nee 12/6/79. The case search 12/9/79 WE appears to have some challenges with controlled substances. Is this the guy, or is our victim another WE?
Posted by: Cham | May 16, 2011 5:05 PM
I NEW WILLIE AS WELL WE WERE IN A REALATIONSHIP TOGETHER AND HE WAS A REMARKABLE MAN IT HURTS EVEN STILL TODAY KNOWING HE GONE AND HE DIDNT HAVE A FAIR CHANCE WHILE HIS KILLER/KILLERS ARE LURKING SOMEWHERE SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE SOME TYPE OF JUSTICE NOT ONLY FOR ME BUT HIS FAMILY I LOVE AND MISS HIM VERY MUCH GOD HELP US ALL!
Posted by: Joyce | June 26, 2011 11:56 PM