Overnight shootings in Baltimore leave two dead
Multiple shootings leading into holiday
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Posted: 07/04/2010
Baltimore - Baltimore City Police are investigating two fatal shootings last night that left two victims dead in addition to several other separate shootings.
One of the fatal shootings occurred at about 10:40 p.m. Saturday night on the 1600 block of N. Port Street.
Officers arrived and found an adult male who they described as mid-twenties with a gunshot wound to the head.
He was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 11 p.m.
There were no witnesses to the incident so police currently have no suspects.
The second fatal shooting occurred at about 1 a.m. Sunday morning on the 1000 block of Patterson Park Avenue.
Police found the victim, 30-year-old Jason Rogers, with mutilple gunshot wounds to his body.
Rogers was taken to Johns Hopkins where he was pronounced dead at 1:40 a.m.
Police also have no witnesses to this shooting and do not know what the circumstances were.
Both fatal shootings are still under investigation.
Baltimore City Police are also investigating several other shootings that occurred overnight.
One incident was a triple shooting at 2806 Violet Avenue.
Police are also investigating a shooting at 907 Bennett Place where an adult male was shot in the stomach.
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