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6 shot, 3 dead in mass shooting in Annapolis, Maryland

Police chief: This was not a random act of violence

6 shot, 3 dead in mass shooting in Annapolis, Maryland

Police chief: This was not a random act of violence

THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT, ANDRE. WE’VE BEEN HEARING SCREAMING, CRYING. THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE AT THIS HOME WHEN THIS HAPPENED. YOU CAN SEE THE SCENE BEHIND ME HERE. THIS IS JUST A HOME ALONG A STREET IN WHAT WE’RE TOLD IS USUALLY A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD. WE JUST GOT DONE SPEAKING WITH THE POLICE CHIEF AND THE MAYOR. AND THESE ARE THE NEW DETAILS. THEY SAY IT HAPPENED AROUND 8 P.M. OFFICERS RESPONDED. THEY FOUND SIX PEOPLE SHOT, THREE PRONOUNCED DEAD ON SCENE. ALL MEN RANGING FROM THEIR EARLY 20S TO 50S. THOSE OTHER VICTIMS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. NOW, THEY RECEIVED INFORMATION THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A GRADUATION PARTY, BUT THEY CANNOT CONFIRM THAT QUITE YET. THEY CAN CONFIRM THAT THE VICTIMS WERE KILLED OUTSIDE THE HOME. THEY BELIEVE THEY THERE MAY HAVE BEEN AN EXCHANGE OF GUNFIRE AS WELL. RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVEN’T ESTABLISHED A FIRM MOTIVE, BUT THEY SAY THIS IS AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION. DETECTIVES ARE ON SCENE, BUT THEY DO HAVE A PERSON OF INTEREST IN CUSTODY. THEY HAVE AT LEAST ONE WEAPON AS WELL, AT LEAST ONE WEAPON. THEY CAN ALSO SAY THIS WAS AN INTERPERSONAL DISPUTE. PEOPLE WHO KNEW EACH OTHER. TAKE A LISTEN TO CHIEF EDWARD JACKSON JUST MOMENTS AGO. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY FOUND SIX INDIVIDUALS HAD SUSTAINED GUNSHOT WOUNDS. THREE ARE DECEASED. THE AGES OF THE DECEASED RANGED FROM THEIR EARLY 20S TO ABOUT 50 YEARS OF AGE. WE ARE SADDENED, SADDENED FOR THE FAMILIES, SADDENED FOR ANNAPOLIS THAT THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THINGS LIKE THIS. BUT POINTING OUT THAT THIS SORT OF THING CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE AND NOTHING GETS RESOLVED THROUGH THE USE OF A GUN. YOU HEARD THE MAYOR THERE. HE SHOWED UP ON SCENE AS WELL. AGAIN, THOSE THREE PEOPLE THAT SURVIVED HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. POLICE SAY THEY WILL BE WORKING THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, BUT THEY REALLY WANT TO REITERATE THERE WAS NO THREAT TO THE PUBLIC. THEY SAY THIS WAS NOT A RANDOM ACT OF VIO
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6 shot, 3 dead in mass shooting in Annapolis, Maryland

Police chief: This was not a random act of violence

Three men are dead Sunday night in a mass shooting and a person of interest is in custody in Annapolis, Maryland, police said.Police were called around 8 p.m. to a house in the 1000 block of Paddington Place in Annapolis.Annapolis Police Chief Edward Jackson said six people were shot, and the ages of the three men who died range from the early 20s to around 50.The chief said a motive remains unclear, but that this was not a random act of violence."This can happen anywhere. Nothing gets resolved with the use of a gun," Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley said.Video below: Watch the police news conference in its entirety Neighbors told sister station WBAL that they heard gunshots and saw dozens of people in front of a house. No further information was immediately available. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 410-280-CLUE or Metro Crime Stoppers at 866-7LOCKUP.

Three men are dead Sunday night in a mass shooting and a person of interest is in custody in Annapolis, Maryland, police said.

Police were called around 8 p.m. to a house in the 1000 block of Paddington Place in Annapolis.

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Annapolis Police Chief Edward Jackson said six people were shot, and the ages of the three men who died range from the early 20s to around 50.

The chief said a motive remains unclear, but that this was not a random act of violence.

"This can happen anywhere. Nothing gets resolved with the use of a gun," Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley said.

Video below: Watch the police news conference in its entirety

Neighbors told sister station WBAL that they heard gunshots and saw dozens of people in front of a house.

No further information was immediately available.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 410-280-CLUE or Metro Crime Stoppers at 866-7LOCKUP.