2 dead, 3 wounded after shootings and stabbing within 24 hours in Baltimore

A violent 24-hour stretch in Baltimore left two people dead and three others wounded in a series of incidents that included three shootings and a late-night fatal stabbing, police said.

A 20-year-old man died Saturday night after being stabbed in the chest, according to authorities.

Police said officers from the Central District discovered the man, identified on Monday as 20-year-old Lamont Gooding, when they responded to the reported stabbing at 20 W. Baltimore St. around 11:28 p.m.

Gooding was taken to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center and was pronounced dead shortly thereafter.

Few details about the stabbing were available Sunday morning. Homicide detectives’ investigation is ongoing.

The West Baltimore Street killing was the second homicide Saturday after an additional three shootings that left another person dead and three others injured.

Earlier Saturday evening, police were summoned to a home in the 3900 block of Bateman Avenue in the Windsor Hills neighborhood, where they found a 55-year-old man suffering from a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. The incident remains under investigation and detectives have identified a person of interest, police said.

Police were also called to a double shooting at a public housing complex in Cherry Hill around 3:40 a.m. where two 21-year-old men had been shot.

One of the men, Tyriel Simms, was pronounced dead at the scene. The other, whom police have not identified publicly, was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive.

And, hours before that at 12:40 a.m., a 34-year-old man was wounded when he was shot multiple times near the 6900 block of Harford Road in connection with an alleged robbery that police said happened earlier.

Despite the recent spree of violence, the numbers of homicides and shootings in Baltimore are slightly lower than reported in 2025. As of Friday, police data showed there had been 38 homicides in the city in 2026, compared to 51 for the same period last year. The department also reported 116 nonfatal shootings, four fewer than were reported in 2025.