Mass shooting Baltimore: Black policeman in dark uniform stands with 2 black adults outside on grass in front of two-story, red brick apartment building with white porch shelters & trim.

Baltimore samaritan who bandaged a shooting victim from block party says ‘All they know is guns’

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BALTIMORE (AP) — A block party in Baltimore killed two people, wounded 28 others and prompted one resident to jump into action when she found a wounded teenage girl on her doorstep. Police identified the deceased as 18-year-old Aaliyah Gonzalez and 20-year-old Kylis Fagbemi. The 28 injured victims ranged in age from 13 to 32, with more than half younger than 18, officials said.

School shooting: Photos of four teenagers nestled in collection of multi-colored flowers and cards

Opinion: Gun debate should shift toward adult shooters, who outnumber schoolkids with deadly weapons

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Any shooting in a school – like any homicide, suicide, fatality or injury anywhere – unquestionably is a tragedy. For that very reason, we need to stop the self-defeating commentary about gun violence that occurs in schools that hardly tells the whole story: Gun violence in schools amounts to a fraction of gun violence in America. Adults kill more kids than do teen gunmen.

Politicians, media talking heads and others have so fanned the flames on this subject that a Pew poll found that “a majority of U.S. teens fear a shooting could happen at their school.”