4 shot near University of Maryland, Baltimore

Published 9:39 am Wednesday, July 8, 2015

BALTIMORE — Baltimore police said four people have been shot, three fatally, near the University of Maryland, Baltimore, campus.

Detective Rashawn K. Strong said in a statement early Wednesday that officers responded around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday to a reported shooting a few blocks from UMB.

Strong said officers found a woman and two men with gunshot wounds. One man and the woman were taken to a hospital, where they died. The second man was pronounced dead at the scene.

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A fourth victim walked into a hospital with a gunshot wound. Strong said the woman is listed in stable condition.

A statement on the school’s website saud campus police reported that two gunmen, each in a van, pulled over near a group of people, got out and began firing, striking the four individuals.