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teenage suspect, whom the Baltimore Police Department did not
name, is being charged with possession of a firearm by a minor,
assault weapon possession, reckless endangerment and carrying a
handgun in a vehicle.
The department described the teenager as a "juvenile person of
interest" in the shooting, adding: "This is still an open and
ongoing investigation."
It offered an up to $28,000 reward for any information that
leads to an arrest and charges.
The July 2 carnage in South Baltimore's Brooklyn Homes community
killed two people and injured 28 others, half of them children.
It was part of a rash of mass shootings ahead of the Fourth of
July holiday that drew renewed calls by President Joe Biden for
stronger gun control legislation.
There have been at least 361 mass shootings in the U.S. so far
in 2023, according to data collected by the Gun Violence
Archive. It defines a mass shooting as an incident in which at
least four people are shot, excluding the shooter.
(Reporting by Rami Ayyub; Editing by David Gregorio)
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