5-Year-Old Girl Among Multiple People Injured in Mass Shooting in Baltimore By Escher Walcott

At least six people have been injured in a mass shooting in northwest Baltimore.

At around 8:46 p.m. local time on Saturday, Aug. 9, Baltimore police responded to reports of a shooting at Spaulding and Queensbury Avenues, where they located six victims who had been injured, Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said in a news conference.

The victims included four men and one woman, with ages ranging from 23 to 52, and a five-year-old girl who was shot in the hand. “Thankfully, it doesn’t appear that [the girl’s] injury is very serious,” Worley said in the news conference, per WBFF FOX45 Baltimore.

A 38-year-old man was critically injured in the shooting and was sent to the hospital for surgery, ABC News reported, citing Baltimore police. All of the other victims were also treated at the hospital for their injuries.

“Both our homicide and district detective units are on the scene,” said Worley, per the outlet. “We have very little information at this point. All we know is there’s multiple rounds fired, multiple victims.”

Worley stated in the news conference that it appears someone “opened fire” as a group of people were sitting outside eating crabs. 

Police believe that the victims were possibly targeted in the shooting, Worley added. No details of any possible suspects have been released at this time.

“The detectives are going to be at the hospital questioning any of our possible victims and any possible witnesses … to see what we can piece together and find out what happened here tonight,” Worley said in the news conference.

The Baltimore Police Department have restricted access to the area amid their investigation.

“BPD is scene of a mass shooting at the intersection of Spaulding & Queensbury Avenues. Multiple streets in the area are closed to the public. Please avoid the area. More information to follow as it becomes available,” the police wrote on X. 

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Police are asking anyone who has information about the incident to call the anonymous Metro Crime Stoppers tip line at 1-866-7LOCKUP or the homicide unit at 3940-3962100.

An investigation into the shooting is ongoing.

PEOPLE has reached out to the Baltimore Police Department for comment.