BALTIMORE (AP) - Baltimore city police said dozens of people have been shot and at least eight have been killed in a series of separate weekend shootings.
WBAL-TV reports a man and woman were shot in a car around 12:30 a.m. Monday. Both were taken to the hospital where the man died. Officers responded to another report of a shooting on around 1:43 a.m. Monday. A man died at the hospital. Another man was fatally shot Sunday afternoon. None of those shooting victims have been identified.
Police say at least five more shooting deaths have been reported since Friday as well as at least 19 shooting injuries.
The Baltimore Sun reports 35 people have been killed so far in May, making it the deadliest month in Baltimore since December of 1999.
