Wounded boy still clings to life; more people shot
You can feel the pain in Camille Bell's words. She's the principal at Montebello Elementary/Middle School, and this is her sad ritual:
"Every morning, I hope and pray that I don't see their pictures, that I don't hear any homicides, that I hear nothing about [the] Northeast community, because I know it's going to affect the school community in some way. We always pray that every day will be a good day, and nobody was prepared for this."
On Wednesday, she awoke to news that one of her students, 12-year-old Sean Johnson, had been struck in the chest by a bullet. He was with three friends sitting on a porch on Cliftview Avenue in Northeast Baltimore, watching a basketball game on TV.
His three friends also were wounded, but police say Johnson is not expected to survive. Bell described him as a good student and none of the four who were injured had gotten into trouble. One had a scholarship to college. Read the compelling story of the violent night by The Sun's Erica L. Green and Justin Fenton.
Details are sketchy (updated information here), but this is what Baltimore police have put out on Twitter from overnight:
An dult male was shot in the head in 1600 block of Ward Court, in Eastern. Reported in life threatening condition. And an adult male was shot in the arm in the 1900 block of Soverworth St. in Southwest.
More details coming shortly.
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