Baltimore police: 3 dead in shooting near university campus

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police say four people have been shot, three fatally, near the University of Maryland-Baltimore campus.

Detective Rashawn K. Strong said in a statement early Wednesday that officers responded to a report of a shooting just after 10:30 p.m. Tuesday at a location a few blocks from UMB.

The Baltimore Sun said the university police were the  first to report the incident, saying two light-colored vans pulled over in the 900 block of W. Fayette St. just before 11 p.m. and two gunmen emerged and opened fire.

Strong says officers found a woman and two men with gunshot wounds. One man and a woman were taken to a hospital, where they died. The second man was pronounced dead at the scene.

A fourth victim walked into a hospital seeking treatment for a gunshot would. Strong says that woman is listed in stable condition.

An investigation is ongoing, and no further details were immediately available.