BALTIMORE — Baltimore Police have received about as many tips with information about the mass shooting in Brooklyn at the beginning of the month as there were people shot that night, a department official said Thursday.
Two people died and 28 others were wounded by gunfire when a well-advertised block party at the Brooklyn Homes public housing community devolved into a series of shootings shortly after midnight July 2.
Police have received 30 tips, Kevin Jones, the department’s chief of patrol, said Thursday night in response to city council criticism about police’s relationship with the community. The concerns were raised at a hearing convened to examine the city shortcomings leading up to the bloodshed. Jones said the tips were proof that the department has regained trust among residents.
