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WEBVTT ISLAND CUISINE AND BAR. AS PART OF AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE MURDER OF A MAN INSIDE A FELLS POINT BAR, BALTIMORE POLICE LOCKED UP TO 2100 BLOCK OF FLEET STREET IN CANTON. LINDSAY WORK WAS DOWN THE STREET AT HER JOB WHEN POLICE AND DEA AGENTS ARRIVED AT THE GET IT INN TWO ISLAND CUISINE AND BAR. >> I WAS SWEATING BULLETS. BUT THEY WERE JOKING WHEN THEY SAID THEY COULDN’T LEAVE AND THERE WERE SNIPERS OUTSIDE. THEY SAID, I’M NOT KIDDING. I CANNOT LEAVE. IT WERE FREAKING OUT. IT WAS SCARY. >> THE DEA CONFIRMED THAT IT IS WORKING WITH BALTIMORE CITY POLICE, EXECUTING A SEARCH WORK RELATED TO A HOMICIDE. THAT HOMICIDE HAPPENED EARLY FRIDAY MORNING IN FELLS POINT AT THE BLARNEY STONE PUB IN THE 700 BLOCK OF SOUTH BROADWAY. >> IT IS DISTRESSING. IT IS DISTRESSING TO KEEP READING AND SEEING THIS DAY AFTER DAY HERE. COUNCILMAN ZEJKE CO-- ZEKE COHEN TOLD US WHAT HE KNEW. >> ONE JOB AND WENT OUT AND SHOT THE OTHER GENTLEMAN, FATALLY KILLING HIM. LET ME JUST SAY, THIS IS NOT ONLY JUST SENSELESS, BUT COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. >> WE WANT TO ASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT THIS WAS NOT A RANDOM INCIDENT. WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THE VICTIM KNEW THE ASSAILANT AND WE ARE FOLLOWING UP ON THAT. >> THE FELLS POINT MAIN STREET ORGANIZATION IS ALSO REACTING, AGAIN CALLING THIS AN INCIDENT, THAT WAS N RANDOM, AND THEY’RE ALSO SAYING THAT THEY ARE SADDENED BY THE LOSS OF LIFE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. THEY SAY THAT EFFORTS ARE WORKING TO REDUCE CRIME IN THE AREA. IN FACT, VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN 33% AND THEY’RE NOT GOING TO LET THIS INCIDENT DETER THOSE EFFORTS.

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Baltimore police are investigating a homicide that occurred early Friday morning in Fells Point.Officials said they were called around 12 a.m. to the Blarney Stone Pub in the 700 block of South Broadway in Fells Point for a report of a shooting. Arriving officers found a 32-year-old man suffering from gunshot wounds to the body. He was taken to a hospital, where he died.Interim Baltimore police Commissioner Gary Tuggle said investigators believe the victim and shooter knew each other. Tuggle said the investigation shows the two got into an argument inside the Blarney Stone Pub, continued it outside and finally returned inside, where the victim was shot."I want to assure the public that this was not a random incident. We strongly believe that the victim knew the assailant, and we're following up on that," Tuggle said. The Drug Enforcement Administration confirmed to 11 News that its agents were working with Baltimore police to execute a search warrant related to the homicide.Lindsay Warrick was down the street at her job in a dance-wear store when police and DEA agents arrived at the Get It Inn 2 Island Cuisine and Bar. Her customers told her they could not leave, and that's when she looked outside."They surrounded the area. There was a tank out here, there were snipers ... That's pretty much what I saw," Warrick said. "It was terrifying, oh my goodness, I was sweating bullets. I thought one of them was joking when they said, 'Oh, we can't leave, there are snipers outside.' She said, 'No, I'm not kidding. We can't leave.' And they were just freaking out. It was pretty scary. I didn't know what was going on."Baltimore City Councilman Zeke Cohen called the incident a senseless and despicable act of violence."Two gentlemen went into the bar over here, got into an altercation. One gentleman went out, got his gun and shot the other gentleman, fatally killing him. And let me just say, this is not only senseless, but just completely unacceptable," Cohen said.Officials said they have no suspects as of yet."It's distressing, and it's distressing to keep reading it and seeing it day after day here," said Barbara Hairston, a Fells Point resident.Police said there is no threat to the community.Fells Point Main Street released a statement, saying, "We are saddened that there was a loss of life in our community due to an act of violence, albeit this was not random. With the support and efforts of the Waterfront Partnership, which was brought on at the beginning of 2018, we have had private security from 11 a.m. to 4 a.m., and violent crime in Fells Point is down 33 percent. This added support, in addition to the Baltimore police, is helping to dramatically reduce crime and make people feel safe in our neighborhood. We are not going to let this incident deter those efforts."Anyone with information is asked to contact homicide detectives at 410-396-2221 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP.Stay with WBALTV.com and 11 News for more on this developing story.​