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A pregnant woman was among three people shot overnight in Baltimore, city police said.Police said they are looking for one shooter in this case but have very little to go on. Investigators said the gunman opened fire on a very crowded east Baltimore street corner, hitting a woman who was eight months pregnant.A 21-year-old woman and a 30-year-old man were shot just after midnight Sunday in east Baltimore, police said. Police said the victims were shot in the area of East North Avenue at Greenmount Avenue.An officer who heard the gunshots saw the victims laying on the ground on the north side of the 400 block of East North Avenue."It's a very condensed, crowded area at all hours of the day, and someone (was) basically shooting into a crowd as far as we know," Baltimore police Detective Donny Moses said.The woman was shot in the lower abdomen. She was taken to an area hospital where her child was removed. Both are in critical condition. Police have confirmed that the baby was shot."I'm assuming doctors felt the best chance of the baby surviving without any permanent damage was to take the baby from the mother at this point, and that's what they did," Moses said.Police said they don't feel the shooter targeted the pregnant woman."We have at least one person out there who did shoot into a crowd who had no regard for life. We have an unborn child who possibly may not live, and we need that kind of person off the streets," Moses said.Talathia Smith is trying to figure out why and how her best friend got caught in the crossfire."I dropped her off right here and I got a call within 15-20 minutes that she had got shot," Smith said. "I think that somebody else was shooting and she got caught in the middle of what was going on, was in the wrong place at the wrong time."Friends and relatives of the injured woman and her newborn are praying for their recovery."I don't think nobody would intentionally want to do that to her. It probably was a misunderstanding, because she's a very good person," said Lachelle Richards, a friend.The man who was shot is in critical but stable condition. He was found to be in possession of 17 vials of suspected cocaine, police said. Police said charges are pending against the man after he's discharged from the hospital.A few minutes later, a 25-year-old man shot in the arm turned up in the 400 block of East Lanvale Street. He was taken to a hospital with injuries that are non-life-threatening, police said.Anyone with information is asked to call police at 410-396-2221 or call Metro Crime Stoppers at 866-7LOCKUP.Get the WBAL-TV News App