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12 shot, five dead,

in single day of

shootings in B’more

BALTIMORE (AP) — Authori- less than half an hour later
ties say 12 people were by a shooting in central Bal-
shot, five of them fatally, in timore that left a 37-year-
eight separate weekend old man wounded.
shootings in Baltimore. A 38-year-old man was
The first of Saturday's shoot- found with a gunshot
ings was reported at about wound around 7 p.m. Satur-
2:30 a.m. and involved day in northeast Baltimore. In this Feb. 11, 2019, photo, Michael Harrison, center, acting
three female victims, all A shooting in southwest Bal- commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department, speaks at an
found with apparent gun- timore about an hour later introductory news conference in Baltimore.
shot wounds in a car in a left one man wounded Associated Press
northeastern section of the and another dead. More running for mayor, issued the Baltimore Ravens on
city. One victim, a 28-year- gunfire a few minutes later a statement Sunday con- Saturday night. "This vio-
old woman, died shortly af- in northeast Baltimore left demning the violence. lence is heartbreaking and
ter arriving at a hospital. a 37-year-old man fatally "A day that should have must stop now," added
A few hours later, police re- wounded. Saturday's vio- been met with pride and Scott, who said he plans to
sponding to a shooting in lence ended shortly be- community was once question Baltimore's police
southeast Baltimore found fore 11 p.m., when officers again flooded with vio- commissioner and other
a 46-year-old man with a found a 24-year-old man lence and loss," Scott agency heads about what
gunshot wound to the leg. fatally wounded in north- wrote, an apparent refer- they were doing in the af-
Then, a second shooting west Baltimore. The city ence to an NFL divisional fected communities before
victim, a 40-year-old man, recorded 348 homicides playoff game hosted by and after the shootings.q
walked into a hospital seek- last year, its fifth consecu-
ing treatment for a gunshot tive year with more than
wound to his leg. 300 murders and the most
Shortly after 2:30 p.m. Sat- violent year ever on a per-
urday, police found a man capita basis.
fatally shot in southeast Bal- City council president Bran-
timore. That was followed don Scott, a Democrat

Pistol permit applications

rise in New York

community after attack

MONSEY, N.Y. (AP) — The the attack. "In some way,
number of residents seek- shape or form, they want
ing to own handguns has to defend themselves."
risen sharply in a New York Chief William Barbera of
community shaken last the Rockland County Sher-
month by a machete at- iff's Department says an ap-
tack that injured five men plication is the first step in a
during a Hanukkah cele- months-long process. Ap-
bration. The Journal News plicants are required to be
reports 73 pistol permit ap- fingerprinted and undergo
plications have been filed a background check and
with the Rockland County firearms training before the
Clerk's Office since the paperwork is submitted to
Dec. 28 attack at a rabbi's a licensing officer.
home in Monsey, a ham- An academy run by veter-
let in the town of Ramapo ans of the Israeli Defense
northwest of New York City. Forces has been providing
That compares to 51 appli- weapons training in Rama-
cations the office received po's synagogues since the
during the eight weeks pri- machete attack, The Jour-
or to the stabbing, County nal News reports. Its trainers
Clerk Paul Piperato told the have been advising Jewish
newspaper. residents to seek unrestrict-
Sixty-eight of the new ap- ed pistol permits.
plications came from Ra- "The goal is to be able to
mapo residents, including carry at synagogue and
31 from Monsey. not to just possess at home
"It's definitely because of and take to the range,"
this incident," Piperato told said Yonatan Stern, the
the newspaper, referring to academy's director.q