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Police: Teen shot, gravely hurt near site of Baltimore unrest after Freddie Gray funeral

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A man sleeps on a stoop as police guard the perimeter of the scene of a shooting on Monday, July 27, 2015, in Baltimore. Police said a male was shot in the chest near the epicenter of unrest in April following the funeral of Freddie Gray. Rioting and looting broke out in the area after the funeral of Gray, a black man who suffered a fatal spinal cord injury in police custody.
A man sleeps on a stoop as police guard the perimeter of the scene of a shooting on Monday, July 27, 2015, in Baltimore. Police said a male was shot in the chest near the epicenter of unrest in April following the funeral of Freddie Gray. Rioting and looting broke out in the area after the funeral of Gray, a black man who suffered a fatal spinal cord injury in police custody. Patrick Semansky AP
BALTIMORE

Police say an 18-year-old man has been shot in the chest near the epicenter of April unrest in west Baltimore.

Police said in a news release that officers heard gunshots at 10:53 a.m. Monday on North Avenue and found a man with multiple bullet wounds to his torso.

Officers say the man was taken to a hospital in grave condition and a person of interest is in custody.

An hour later, the scene at Pennsylvania and North avenues, where a drugstore burned during the unrest, was typical for midday on a weekday. By 2 p.m., streets were no longer blocked off.

Rioting and looting broke out in the area after the funeral of Freddie Gray, a black man who suffered a fatal spinal cord injury in police custody.

 

This story was originally published July 27, 2015 at 1:39 PM with the headline "Police: Teen shot, gravely hurt near site of Baltimore unrest after Freddie Gray funeral."

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