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CRIME PLAN THAT IS SUPPOSED TO CURB THIS TYPE OF VIOLENCE. >> IT IS RIDICULOUS BECAUSE ALL THEM YOUNG GUYS ARE GETTING KILLED. AND IT IS ABOUT NOTHING. LOWELL: RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN SHOOTING SCENES IN NORTHWEST BALTIMORE FRUSTRATED BY A SPATE OF VIOLENCE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. >> NOTHING FOR THEM TO DO BESIDES KILLING EACH OTHER. LOWELL: ACCORDING TO POLICE, MONDAY NIGHT POLICE SAY A 25-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS KILLED AND THREE OTHER VICTIMS SHOT IN THE 4200 BLOCK OF PARK HEIGHTS AVENUE. THEN TUESDAY MORNING, FOUR PEOPLE WERE SHOT NEAR THE 4700 BLOCK OF LIBERTY HEIGHTS AVENUE . A 19-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS KILLED. >> THE VIOLENCE IS DEEPLY TROUBLING ALL ACROSS THE CITY. LOWELL: BALTIMORE CITY COUNCILMAN ISSAC "YITZY" SCHLEIFER, CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, SAYS THE SHOOTING VICTIMS WERE TARGETED BUT INNOCENT PEOPLE WERE SHOT AS WELL. HE DOES POINT OUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN MAKING STRIDES IN MEETING GOALS TO IMPLEMENT ITS NEW CRIME PLAN WHICH SHOULD HAVE POSITIVE RESULTS MOVING FORWARD. >> I AM ENCOURAGED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN MEETING THE MONTH BY MONTH EXPECTATIONS. LOWELL: POLICE TELL 11 NEWS THEY HAVE MOVED RESOURCES FROM THEIR SPECIAL OPERATIONS SECTION WHICH INCLUDES SWAT AND K-9 TEAMS, TO BOTH SHOOTING AREAS. A SPOKESPERSON ALSO TOLD US QUOTE, LAST NIGHT’S VIOLENCE WAS DEEPLY DISTURBING. WE ARE MORE COMMITTED THAN EVER TO MAKING BALTIMORE A SAFER CITY. AND, WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND OUR MANY PARTNERS IN THE CITY, WE WILL. AS THE SHOOTING INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE, POLICE ARE ASKING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON EITHER ONE OF THEM TO CALL METRO CRIME NUMBERS AT 1-866-7-LOCKUP.

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Three people are dead and six others hurt after three separate shootings in northwest Baltimore Monday night and Tuesday morning, police said.Police said officers initially responded to the 4200 block of Park Heights Avenue at Quantico Avenue just after 7:30 p.m. Monday for a shooting. Officers found a 25-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to the head, police said. The victim died at the scene.The other three victims, a 17-year-old boy, a 22-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman, walked into hospitals and were all suffering from non-life-threatening injuries, police said.Homicide detectives learned that all the victims were in front of the corner store at Park Heights and Quantico avenues when two unknown men walked onto the block and opened fire on the group.Around 1 a.m. Tuesday, someone shot four people at an apartment in the 4700 block of Liberty Heights Avenue, according to police. A 19-year-old man died 40 minutes later. The other three victims are at hospitals.Around the same time, officers said they were called to Sinai Hospital, where an unknown woman had been taken by someone in their vehicle. The woman, who was suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest, died at the hospital, police said. Detectives later learned she was shot in a separate incident in the 5200 block of Fairlawn Avenue, a few blocks away.Baltimore City Councilman Issac "Yitzy" Schleifer, who chairs of the Public Safety Committee, said police believe the victims were targeted, but innocent bystanders got caught in the gunfire."The violence is deeply troubling all across the city," Schleifer said. "People know who are committing these crimes, and so it's really important that that information flows properly to the Police Department."Police continue to implement steps toward a new crime plan that they said is supposed to curb this type of violence."I am encouraged that they have been meeting the month by month expectations," Schleifer said.Police told 11 News they have moved resources from their special operations section, which includes SWAT and K-9 teams, to both shooting areas.A police representative also told 11 News, "Last night's violence was deeply disturbing. We are more committed than ever to making Baltimore a safer city, and working with the community and our many partners in the city, we will."Residents who live nearby said the violence is troubling."It's ridiculous because all of them young guys just getting killed and it's about nothing," said Tony Johnson, a resident. "Find something for them to do besides killing each other and drugs. Find something for them to do that's basically going to help it."But as far as increasing police in the areas, they're not sure it will change anything."Maybe (it) could stop it from happening, but it's going to happen eventually, regardless. They're going to get you one way or another. They don't get you there, they'll get you somewhere else. Cops ain't going to do nothing, and they don't do nothing anyway," Johnson said.Detectives are asking anyone with information to call 410-396-2100. Anyone wishing to remain anonymous can call Metro Crime Stoppers at 866-7LOCKUP.