Baltimore mass shooting leaves 2 dead; half of 28 injured were children

A view of the scene where a shooting took place, in Baltimore, U.S. July 2, 2023. Baltimore Police via Twitter/Handout via REUTERS

(Reuters) -A mass shooting early on Sunday at an outdoor neighborhood block party in Baltimore, Maryland, left two people dead and 28 others injured, about half of them children, as investigators sought the public's help in tracking down multiple suspects, police said.

Authorities offered no motive for the gun violence, which erupted at about 12:35 a.m. local time in a courtyard of grass and pavement between a pair of two-story rowhouse structures in South Baltimore's Brooklyn Homes community.