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WEBVTT IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE90-YEAR-OLD VICTIM, WHO SURELYHAS WITNESSED A LOT OF HISTORYIN HER LIFE, DIDN'T REALIZE WHATHAD HAPPENEDWHEN HER 55-YEAR-OLD FRIEND WASSHOT IN THE LEG, AND SHESUFFERED A GRAZE WOUND TO THEFOOT AFTER A BULLET RICOCHETED.IN THIS WEST BALTIMORENEIGHBORHOOD, IT REMAINS PRETTYHARD TO BELIEVE.>> YOU WOULDN'T THINK THATSOMEONE IS GOING TO GET SHOTOVER CHICKEN BONES.DEBORAH: YOU WOULDN'T BUT POLICESAY, THEY DID.26-YEAR-OLD GERALD GAFFNEY ISWANTED FOR FIRST DEGREEATTEMPTED MURDER CONNECTED WITHTHE SHOOTING ON EASTER SUNDAYTHAT INJURED TWO, INCLUDING A90-YEAR-OLD WOMAN.>> JUST AN ABSOLUTE HEINOUS ACTOF CRIME.DEBORAH: NEIGHBORS SAY THEY HADJUST CLEANED THE 1800 BLOCK OFHARLEM AVENUE WHEN THE SUSPECT,SEEN IN THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO,THREW THE BONES IN THE STREET.THE 90-YEAR-OLD ASKED HIM TOPICK UP HIS TRASH AND THINGSESCALATED, QUICKLY.>> HE LEAVES THE AREA, COMESBACK TO THE AREA IN FRONT OFTHIS 90-YEAR-OLD WOMAN ANDSTARTS FIRING HIS GUN.>> I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TOUNDERSTAND WHAT WAS THEIR TRAINOF THOUGHT, I MEAN, IT IS LIKETHE WILD, WILD WEST.DEBORAH THE ELDERLY WOMAN, WHO: CALLED THIS WEST BALTIMOREHOME FOR YEARS, IS STAYING WITHFAMILY ELSEWHERE.ANOTHER FACT, THAT NEIGHBORSSAY, JUST SEEMS WRONG.>> TO HAVE TO GO STAY WITHSOMEBODY AND NOT FEEL SAFE IN MYOWN HOME, MINE OWN -- MY OWNENVIRONMENT WHERE I LIVE, IT ISCRAZY.EVRA: NEIGHBORS SAY THEY AREGLAD TO KNOW THAT THE90-YEAR-OLD VICTIM IS OK.SHE IS DESCRIBED AS A LOVABLEWOMAN WHO JUST WANTED THINGS

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Baltimore police have named a suspect in connection with a shooting after an argument over chicken bones. Download the WBAL app Gerald Gaffney, 26, is wanted on first-degree attempted murder charges in connection with a shooting April 15 in the 1800 block of Harlem Avenue. Investigators said a man and a woman were walking down the street, eating chicken and throwing the bones in people's yards. The 90-year-old woman told them to pick up their trash, and others nearby got involved in the argument. The couple left, but police believe that the man came back with a gun. Police said a 90-year-old woman and a 56-year-old man were wounded in the shooting. "Just an absolute heinous act of crime," Baltimore police media relations Chief T.J. Smith said. Residents said they had just cleaned the 1800 block of Harlem Avenue, when the suspect threw the bones in the street. The 90-year-old woman asked him to pick up his trash and things escalated. "He leaves the area, comes back to the area in front of this 90-year-old woman and starts firing his gun," Smith said. "You wouldn't think that someone is going to get shot over chicken bones," said Anthony Lee, a resident. "I can't even begin to understand what was their train of thought. I mean, it's like the Wild Wild West." Police released surveillance video of people of interest in the case. A woman seen in the video is no longer part of the investigation. Gaffney is described as 6 feet 4 inches tall, weighing 250 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair. The woman, who called her west Baltimore home for years, is staying with family elsewhere. Neighbors said they are glad to know the 90-year-old victim is OK. She is described as a lovable woman who just wanted things along Harlem Avenue to look nice. "To have to go stay with somebody and not feel safe in my home and my environment where I live, that's crazy," said Caleb Hughes, a resident. Anyone with information about the man and woman seen in the surveillance video is asked to call 911 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 866-7LOCKUP.