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WEBVTT -AROUND GOOD GUY.AND TONIGHT THAT GUNMAN REMAINSON THE LOOSE.38-YEAR-OLD JASON PIERCE IS INSHOCK TRAUMA AFTER HE WAS SHOT,IN A STREET ROBBERY ON THE 200BLOCK OF CALVERT STREET NEAR THECOUTRTHOUSES DOWNTOWN BALTMOEARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING ATAROUND ACCORDING TO POLICE.2:45 A.M.>> INVESTIGATORSBELIEVE THE VICTIMS WAS IN THEBLOCK WHEN HE WAS APPROACHED BYAN UNKNOWN SUSPECT THE SUSPECTATTEMPTED TO ROB THE VICTIM ANDTHE VICTIM WAS SHOT BEFORE THESUSPECT LEFT THE SCENE.REPORTER: POLICE SAY THE SUSPECTTOOK MONEY AND DETECTIVES AREEXAMINING CAMERAS IN THE AREA.>> IT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATESOMETHING LIKE THIS HAS HAPPENEDTO SUCH A SWEET, KIND HEARTEDPERSON.REPORTER: BRETLY MORRIS ISJASON'S ROOMATE AND CO-WORKERTHEY USUALLY WALK HOME TOGETHERFROM THE TIN ROOF BAR ATPOWERPLANT LIVE A 12 MINUTESTROLL TO MOUNT VERNON THEYNEVER VIEWED AS A SAFETY CONCERNBEFORE NOW.>> IT'S SOMETHING TO THINKABOUT, ITS AN EYER OPENER, IN ACITY WITH SO MANY HOMICIDES ANDYOU ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT, IT HASN'THIM HOME LIKE THIS HAS.-- HIT HOME LIKE THIS HAS.>> REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU WORK,WHAT PART OF THE CITY OR WHATTIME OF THE DAY YOU'RE WALKING,WE ALWAYS WANT PEOPLE TO BEAWARE OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS.REPORTER: PIERCE IS ALSO SINGERAND GUITARIST IN THE BAND TROLLTRIBE FRIENDS FROM OTHER BANDSARE PLANNING TO SET UP A BENEFITCONCERT IN THE COMING WEEKS.AND A GO FUND ME PAGE HAS BEENSET UP TO HELP COVER MEDICALEXPENSES.MORRIS SAYS PIERCE HAS BEENTHROUGH THREE SURGERIES TOREPAIR THE GUNSHOT WOUND TO HISLIVER.LAST NIGHT THE BLEEDING FINALLYSTOPPED AND PIERCE GAVE SOMEVISITING FRIENDS OPTIMISM.>> YOU KNOW, JASON'S A FRIENDLYGUY, AND EVERY TIME YOU SEE HIMHE GIVES YOU A SMERK.AND HE SEEN US AND HIS EYES GOTBIG, HE GAVE US A NICE HANDGESTURE, IT WAS REFRESHING ANDIT WAS A GOOD FEELING, A RELIEF,YEAHREPORTER: MORRIS DID NOT HAVEHEALTH INSURANCE AND FAMILY ANDFRIENDS WANT TO THANK EVERYONEFOR THEIR SUPPORT.N THE MEANTIME, POLICE AREHOPING A WITNESS WILL COMEFORWARD, PERHAPS SOMEONE WHO MAYHAVE SEEN SOMETHING UNUSUALEARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING ONCALVERT BETWEEN THE COURT HOUSESAND MERCY HOSPITAL.

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A Baltimore bartender is fighting for his life at Shock Trauma after he was shot Christmas morning, in an apparent robbery attempt, city police said. Police said the shooting of Jason Pierce, 38, was a brazen street robbery at 2:45 a.m. Sunday on the 200 block of Calvert Street in downtown Baltimore, and the gunman remains on the loose. “Investigators believe the victim was in the block when he was approached by an unknown suspect,” Baltimore police spokesman Detective Jeremy Silbert said. “The suspect attempted to rob the victim and the victim was shot before the suspect left the scene." Police said that the gunman took money and detectives are examining cameras in the area. “It's really unfortunate something like this has happened to such a sweet, kind hearted person,” Bretly Morris, Pierce’s friend, said. Morris is Pierce’s roommate and co-worker. They usually walk home together from The Tin Roof Bar at Power Plant Live. They considered the 12-minute stroll to Mount Vernon a safe walk before the shooting. “It's something to think about,” Morris said. “It’s an eye-opener. In a city with so many homicides and you always hear about them, it hasn't him home like this has.” “Regardless of where you work, what part of the city or what time of the day you're walking, we always want people to be aware of their surroundings,” Silbert said. Pierce is also singer and guitarist in the band Troll Tribe. Friends from other bands are planning to set up a benefit concert in the coming weeks. A GoFundMe page has been set up to help cover medical expenses. Morris said Pierce has been through three surgeries to repair the gunshot wound to his liver. The bleeding finally stopped Tuesday night and Pierce gave some visiting friends optimism. "You know, Jason is a friendly guy, and every time you see him he gives you a smirk,” Morris said. “And he seen us and his eyes got big, he gave us a nice hand gesture. It was refreshing and it was a good feeling, a relief.” To donate to a GoFundMe page to assist Pierce with medical costs, tap here.