BALTIMORE — Four people were shot late Monday night outside Mondawmin Mall in West Baltimore, police said, leaving one person dead and three others injured after what authorities described as a shootout and vehicle crash.
Police Commissioner Richard Worley said officers responded around 9:30 p.m. to an extensive crime scene in the 2400 block of Liberty Heights Avenue. The shooting appears to have taken place in the parking lot of the TGI Friday’s restaurant outside the mall, where two heavily damaged vehicles were found.
When officers arrived, the two vehicles had crashed into each other in the mall parking lot, with two people inside suffering gunshot wounds, Worley said.
A third non-fatal gunshot victim was located in the 3000 block of Tioga Parkway. A fourth person was found dead in the 2500 block of Liberty Heights Avenue.
Multiple streets in the area were shut down as a large police presence responded to the scene.
Police said three handguns and a rifle were recovered from the crime scenes.
“As you can see, this is an extensive crime scene,” Worley said. “It was a shootout. It looked like it occurred here in this parking lot where the two vehicles were crashed together.”