Police were investigating what was believed to be a double-shooting Friday afternoon in the Harwood neighborhood of North Baltimore.

Officers responded to a call of a shooting in the 300 block of E. 27th St. and found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the back inside a residence. Detectives later located a crime scene about two blocks away in an alley behind Lorraine Street at Barclay Street.

Another man with gunshot wounds walked into a local hospital around the same time, and police believe both were injured in the same shooting. Both were expected to survive.

Neighbors said there is rampant drug dealing in the block, and one woman said police often have a marked cruiser at the intersection of Barclay and East 27th Street. She said the officer wasn't there when the shooting occurred. "They never here when you need them," she said.

The crime scene was eerily quiet for a time after the shooting. After an ambulance pulled away, there was only a handful of officers - shooting scenes usually draw scores of them.

"They got us at shift change," one officer said.

Later, a dozen officers were canvassing the neighborhood and inspecting the area.