Police investigate shooting at church in southwest Baltimore

KHIREE, A BURGLARY AND A SHOOTING THIS MORNING IN A CHURCH IN SOUTHWEST BALTIMORE. THAT’S WHAT THE BALTIMORE POLICE SAY. THEY HAD TO RIDE TO A CRIME SCENE OUTSIDE A CHURCH THIS SUNDAY WHILE INVESTIGATORS REPAIRED WHAT WAS HAPPENING INSIDE THE BUILDING. THERE’S NO RECEPTION AT ALL HERE. LIKE IT HAS BEEN SINCE I’VE LIVED NEAR HERE. THERE’S NO CELL PHONE RECEPTION HERE. SO THEY’RE GOING TO BREAK INTO AN ABANDONED CHURCH WHILE BALTIMORE POLICE SAY OFFICERS FOUND A 59-YEAR-OLD MAN SHOT IN THE ABANDONED PRIEST CATHEDRAL CHURCH ON SOUTH MOUNT STREET AT AROUND 8:00 AM SUNDAY MORNING. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE MAN, WHOM POLICE EXPECT TO SURVIVE, WAS BREAKING INTO THE CHURCH WHEN HE WAS SHOT, BUT THEY’RE STILL WORKING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE THE SHOOTING. THAT’S NOT GOOD. AND THE CHURCH IS EMPTY. AND THAT’S WHAT’S WORRYING ALL OF US. LIKE THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED. AND IT HAPPENED. THIS WOMAN, WHO REFUSED TO DISCLOSE HER NAME, SAYS SHE HAS LIVED IN THE AREA FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS AND IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE CHURCH BUILDING ON MOUNT STREET. I DEFINITELY FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE I LIVE NEAR HERE AND HAVE TO WALK BY HERE OFTEN. YES, BECAUSE PEOPLE ACTUALLY GO THERE AND SLEEP. NEIGHBORS ALSO TELL 11 NEWS THAT THEY HAVE HARDLY SEE PEOPLE ACTUALLY USING OR REPAIRING THE EMPTY CHURCH THAT THE POLICE KNOW IS CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTED. I NEVER SEE PEOPLE GOING IN OR OUT SO I THINK I WALKED INTO THIS EMPTY OLD CHURCH AND I THOUGHT WOW THAT WAS CRAZY. AS I MENTIONED THERE, IT SAYS “PRAISED CATHEDRAL” ON THE CHURCH. THERE IS A SIGN ON IT. WE HAVE BEEN TRIING SEVERAL TIMES ALL DAY TO GET THEM FOR A COMMENT BUT WE HAVE NOT HEARD A RESPONSE YET. LI

Police investigate shooting at church in southwest Baltimore

Police say the shooting occurred just before 8 a.m. Sunday

Updated: 10:49 p.m. EDT, May 26, 2024

A man is recovering in the hospital after a shooting at a southwest Baltimore church Sunday morning, according to Baltimore police. Officers found a 59-year-old man shot inside the church in the 100 block of South Mount Street. After a preliminary investigation, police believe the man had broken into a church when he was shot. The man was taken to the hospital with injuries that police believe are not life-threatening. “This church is here and there is no worship here at all anymore,” said Mykel Caldwell, who lives nearby. “Since I’ve lived here, there has been no worship here. (I’ve) never seen people go in or out. So I thought to myself, rob this empty old church? Wow.”Investigators are currently conducting interviews to determine what exactly led to the shooting. Police have not said whether or not there will be an arrest in the case. Police ask anyone with information to call them at (410) 396-2488.

BALTIMORE —

Baltimore police say a man is recovering in the hospital following a shooting at a church in southwest Baltimore on Sunday morning.

Officers found a 59-year-old man shot to death in front of the church in the 100 block of South Mount Street.

According to preliminary investigations, police believe the man had broken into a church when he was shot. The man was taken to hospital with injuries that police believe are not life-threatening.

“This church is here and there are no services here at all,” said Mykel Caldwell, who lives nearby. “There have been no services here since I’ve lived here. I’ve never seen people go in or out. So I thought, rob this empty old church? Wow.”

Investigators are currently conducting interviews to determine what exactly led to the shooting. Police have not yet announced whether any arrests have been made in the case.

Police ask anyone with information to call them at (410) 396-2488.