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WITH A BIG CROWD OUTSIDE. >> I JUST FEEL BAD BECAUSE THAT BOY’S MOTHER THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT. >> 15-YEAR-OLD KHALIL JOHNSON WAS SHOT AND KILLED ON ELOISE LANE IN EDGEWOOD. DELORES WIDEMAN HEARD THE COMMOTION JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND WALKED OUT TO SEE A CHAOTIC SCENE. >> THE POLICE AND THE AMBULANCE WAS ALREADY HERE AND THERE WAS A CROWD OF KIDS EVERYWHERE. HARFORD COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES SAY MULTIPLE SHOTS WERE FIRED, BUT ONLY ONE HIT JOHNSON. HE WAS TAKEN TO SHOCK TRAUMA WHERE HE LATER DIED. THEY DON’T HAVE A SUSPECT, BUT SAY JOHNSON WAS TARGETED. >> THAT’S AN AREA WHERE WE DO HAVE GANG ACTIVITY ITS AN AREA -- GANG ACTIVITY. IT IS AN AREA WHERE WE OFTEN HAVE GANG RELATED CRIMES. I’M NOT SAYING THAT THIS ONE IS A GANG RELATED CRIME BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY WE HAVEN’T DETERMINED THAT YET BUT THE POSSIBILITY DOES EXIST. >> BECAUSE OF THE SHOOTING, AND A FEAR OF RETALIATION, POLICE SAY THEY’VE BEEFED UP PATROLS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TONIGHT. >> WE HAVE EXTRA DEPLOYMENT OUT TONIGHT WE HAD IT OUT ANYWAY BECAUSE OF THE 4TH OF JULY BUT AS A RESULT OF THIS SHOOTING WE HAVE OUR CRIME SUPPRESSION UNIT BRINGING IN EXTRA PEOPLE FOR THAT. >> DELORES WIDEMAN SAYS THIS IS USUALLY A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD, SHE’S SURPRISED BY WHAT HAPPENED RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE SHE WATCHES HER GRANDKIDS. DELORES, >> I’M JUST READY TO MOVE. >> SHERIFF DEPUTIES ARE ASKING ANYONE WITH INFORMAT

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A 15-year-old boy was fatally shot overnight in Edgewood, according to the Harford County Sheriff's Office.The Sheriff's Office said deputies were called around 12:21 a.m. Thursday to the 1900 block of Eloise Lane in Edgewood and found the boy in a house, suffering from a gunshot wound to the upper body.The boy, Khalil Lephonzo Johnson, was taken to Shock Trauma, where he died.Investigators said they believe Johnson was shot around Brookside Drive and Eloise Lane. Deputies and K-9 units searched the area but found nothing."Our detectives set up the crime scene and also conducted interviews. We've been back out there today doing our daylight canvass, talking to neighbors, talking to people in the neighborhood, trying to figure out what the motive behind this shooting was," Harford County Sheriff's Col. William Davis said.Deputies said there were multiple shots fired, but only one hit Johnson. Investigators said the killing was not a random crime."That's an area where we do have gang activity. It's an area where we often have gang-related crimes. I’m not saying that this one is a gang-related crime because, quite frankly, we haven't determined that yet, but the possibility does exist," Davis said.Delores Wideman, a neighbor, said the neighborhood is usually quiet and she’s shocked the shooting happened right across the street from where she lives and watches her grandchildren."I'm just ready to move, that's all I know is, I'm ready to move," Wideman said.Her heart goes out to Johnson's family."That’s what I was just sitting here thinking, they have to bury him. They have to deal with that. That’s sad, it's just sad," Wideman said. "I just feel bad because that boy's mother, they have to deal with that."Because of the shooting and a fear of retaliation, authorities said they have beefed up patrols in the neighborhood."We have extra deployment out tonight. We had it out anyway because of the Fourth of July, but as a result of this shooting, we have our crime suppression unit bringing in extra people for that," Davis said.Anyone with information is asked to call Detective M. Berg at 443-409-3302. Those who wish to remain anonymous are asked to call Harford Crime Solvers at 888-540-8477 or text a tip to Metro Crime Stoppers by texting "CRIMES" (274637) with the letters "MCS" followed by the information.