BALTIMORE, Md. (AP) -
Authorities in Baltimore are investigating a string of violent crimes that has left three people dead and another injured.
Floyd Huntley, 37, died Friday night after being shot in the head in the eastern part of the city, police said. Investigators said Huntley was shot by a black man wearing a white hooded sweat shirt under a black jacket with acid wash jeans and black shoes.
Another shooting Friday night in the city’s northeastern district left Graham Blake, 26, dead. He, too, was shot in the head. A 19 year-old man who is a person of interest in Blake’s shooting has been taken into custody, police said.
A third shooting Friday night involved a 29-year-old man who told police he was shot in the hand after being approached on Fulton Avenue by two black men wearing gray hoodies.
Meanwhile, authorities reported that a 60-year-old man who was assaulted on Feb. 18 on Guilford Avenue has died of his injuries. Louis Henson died Saturday morning at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he had been hospitalized in critical condition.
Rashad Peartree, 33, had been charged with assaulting Henson. Homicide detectives plan to speak with prosecutors to have the charges amended.
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