Three Teenagers Wounded in Shooting Outside West Baltimore High School
Incident Contributes to Rising Youth Violence Trend Despite Overall Decrease in Gun Violence; Two Victims are Students at the School.
- Three teenagers were wounded in a shooting incident outside Carver Vocational Technical High School in west Baltimore on Friday morning.
- This incident contributes to the emerging trend of increased youth violence in Baltimore, which continues despite a general decrease in gun violence in recent months.
- Two of the victims are students at Carver Vocational Technical High School; all victims received non-life-threatening injuries and have been taken to the hospital.
- A conflict possibly occurred before a weapon was discharged, according to Baltimore Deputy Police Commissioner Kevin Jones.
- The shooting led to the early dismissal of students, leaving parents anxious as they waited outside the school for their children.