Overview

• Twenty-seven people remain hospitalized for suspected overdoses from the July 10 incident, including seven in critical condition and 15 in serious condition, with no deaths reported.
• Fire Chief James Wallace classified the event as a level-one mass casualty incident after dozens of residents collapsed within minutes of the first 911 call.
• Baltimore police have sealed off sections around the intersection of Pennsylvania and North avenues as they investigate the origin of an unidentified ‘bad batch’ drug.
• Baltimore City Health Department crews and community volunteers have distributed naloxone throughout Penn-North and urged residents to carry Narcan and avoid using drugs alone.
• Mayor Brandon Scott unveiled a coordinated neighborhood stabilization effort that keeps emergency responders and outreach teams in the area to canvass vacant properties and sustain public health support.