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A teen was killed and a second person was critically injured in a shooting in west Baltimore early Monday morning.Mobile users tap here to watch videoAuthorities with the Baltimore Police Department said the shooting happened at about 1:45 a.m. Monday on South Mount Street.Investigators said officers were called to a report of a person not breathing. Police said two victims were found: one with a gunshot wound to the torso, the other with a gunshot wound to the head.One of the victims, Oscar Torres, 15, died. The second victim, also a male, was taken to a hospital in critical condition. That person's age wasn't released.Police are searching for a vehicle in connection with the investigation: a white 2012 Ford Fusion with Illinois license plates L705370. The surviving shooting victim was driving that vehicle at the time of the shooting. Anyone who sees that vehicle is asked to call Baltimore City police.It's another bout of violence in an area that seems to have seen lots in recent years.Debbie Butler's only lived in that west Baltimore neighborhood for two years, and she said she's already fed up."It's crazy out here, it really is. I wouldn't put a kid out in this world," she told 11 News.Brendan Walsh runs a soup kitchen just feet from the shooting. He said he doesn't know much about the incident, but he's seen enough on those streets since he opened Viva House in 1968 to know how it often goes."A lot of the stuff that's in 'The Wire' is exactly true. I know the city hates to admit that, but at least in this section of Baltimore, what you see in that (show) is very, very true," he said.But Walsh said he's determined to stay there to feed the needy and stand up for non-violence, a job he said has only gotten tougher over the years."When we first started, people would walk down. Montgomery Ward's was down there, and there would be all sorts of light factories and factory work in the neighborhood. But when that stopped, the only method of employment was the drug trade. If it wasn't for that, people wouldn't have money for rent, gas, electric and food," Walsh said.Police are still searching for suspects and a motive in the case. Anyone with information is asked to call 410-396-2100.