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THE BALTIMORE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AGAIN, HE IS CURRENTLY IN STABLE CONDITION AT SHOCK TRAUMA AND SO FAR NO ARRESTS IN THE CASE. BALTIMORE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SERIES OF OVERNIGHT SHOOTINGS THAT INJURED SEVERAL PEOPLE, INCLUDING A TEENAGER. 11 NEWS REPORTER VANESSA HERRING IS LIVE AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS WITH DETAILS AND REACTION FROM CITY LEADERS. VANESSA? VANESSA: BALTIMORE POLICE REPORT FOUR SHOOTINGS BETWEEN LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SIX PEOPLE WERE WOUNDED. THE FIRST SHOOTING HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER 11:00 FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE 600 BLOCK OF MOUNT HOLLY STREET. ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, A 34-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS SHOT IN THE THIGH DURING A ROBBERY. THE VICTIM IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE. JUST BEFORE 11:45, POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE 100 BLOCK OF SOUTH FRANKLINTOWN ROAD, WHERE THREE PEOPLE INCLUDING A TEENAGE BOY WERE SHOT WHILE THEY WERE SITTING ON A PORCH. THE 15-YEAR-OLD BOY ALONG WITH A 31-YEAR OLD MAN AND 44-YEAR-OLD WOMAN ARE EXPECTED TO SURVIVE. ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER, AT MIDNIGHT, A 32-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS SHOT IN BOTH HIS SHOULDERS IN THE 1400 BLOCK OF EAST PRESTON STREET. POLICE SAY HIS INJURIES ARE NOT LIFE-THREATENING. AT AROUND 1:00 THIS MORNING, OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO THE 2500 BLOCK OF TERRA FIRMA ROAD, HERE THEY FOUND A 37-YEAR-OLD MAN WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS. POLICE SAY THAT MAN’S INJURIES ARE NOT LIFE-THREATENING >> LISTEN, WE HAVE TO GET SERIOUS AS A CITY AND COMMUNITY ABOUT FIGHTING VIOLENCE. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE WE HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE BEING SHOT. WE HAVE TO DO BETTER. THEY CAN BE DOING MORE TO HELP US, MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE SUPPORTED. VANESSA: THE POLICE HAVE NOT MADE ANY ARRESTS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT ANY OF THESE SHOOTINGS SHOULD CALL METRO CRIME STOPPERS. THE PHONE NUMBER IS 1-866-7-LOCKUP. LIVE FROM POLICE H

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Six people were shot overnight throughout Baltimore in separate shootings, city police said.City police said officers were called around 1 a.m. Saturday to the 2500 block of Terra Firma Road in south Baltimore, where a 37-year-old man was suffering from non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital.City police said officers were called around midnight Friday to a hospital, where a walk-in shooting victim sought treatment. Police said a 32-year-old man was suffering gunshot wounds to both shoulders. Police said they believe the man was shot in the 1400 block of East Preston Street in east Baltimore.City police said officers were called around 11:43 p.m. Friday to the 100 block of South Franklintown Road in west Baltimore, where a 31-year-old man, a 44-year-old woman and a 15-year-old boy were suffering from non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. The victims were taken to hospitals for treatment. Investigators learned that the victims were on a porch of a house when they were shot.City police said a person flagged down an officer around 11:18 p.m. Friday and said someone was shooting a gun in the area of Mount Holly Street and Cranston Avenue. Police said a 34-year-old man walked into a hospital a short time later with a gunshot wound to the thigh. Police said the victim was shot during a robbery attempt in the 600 block of Mount Holly Street in west Baltimore.“Listen, we have to get serious as a city as a community about stopping violence. We can’t have anyone getting shot, let alone kids. It is unacceptable that we have young people getting shot,” City Council President, Brandon Scott said.” We have to do more as a city government, I’m going to push the Police Department to do better, to serve warrants to people that need them. We’re going to ask the state for help. They could be doing more to help us, especially with people on parole or probation and making sure people are reported.”Anyone with information about any of the shootings is asked to call police or Metro Crime Stoppers at 866-7LOCKUP, or text a tip to 443-902-4824.