Five people injured in gunfire that erupted during homecoming week events at Morgan State University late Tuesday were likely not the shooters’ intended targets, according to Baltimore police.
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The updates from police Wednesday morning helped quell rumors circulating online about whether the attack was racially motivated or a planned school shooting on the historically Black university campus in northeast Baltimore.A lead prosecutor in the Hunter Biden case cut a contentious path during his time in Baltimore
“I had never been so close to gunshots that I could feel the vibration in the air,” Eden said. “Coronation is very much a pomp and circumstance kind of event. People are in gowns and tuxedos and crowns and sashes, and so gun violence is the furthest thing from my mind in that type of setting.
Wilson, who attended the coronation ceremony, said the shooting marred what should have been a beautiful event celebrating students, alumni and other members of the university community.
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