BALTIMORE ON LOCK DOWN. CITY ON FIRE, NATIONAL GUARD ACTIVATED
Monday, April 27, 2015 16:15
Update: 8:07 pm EST – Mayor conducted a press conference to announce that the Governor has dedicated national guard to quell unrest. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake also announced that a curfew will be enacted effective tomorrow 4/28/15 from 10pm-5am for one week and may be extended if necessary. “If you are on the streets, it will be for 2 reasons…medical emergency or you are going to work…”.
Police commander stated that 15 police officers have been injured and 2 are hospitalized caused by flying debris.
Gov. declares state of emergency; activates National Guard
BALTIMORE —Gov. Larry Hogan signed an executive order Monday declaring a state of emergency and activating the National Guard.
Police officers were injured, stores were looted and fires were set Monday evening as vandals ran through Baltimore.
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City police say as many as seven officers have been injured Monday afternoon in northwest Baltimore, where a large group of juveniles converged and began to throw bricks and other items at officers. The officers were injured with broken bones and cuts, and one was unresponsive.
The CVS store at North and Pennsylvania avenues was set on fire around 6:15 p.m. Police have asked motorists to avoid the area of North Avenue between Monroe Street and Druid Hill Avenue.
SkyTeam 11 video showed the same CVS was being looted around 4:45 p.m.
VIDEO: Police car lit on fire
It all started at Mondawmin Mall, which closed early. SkyTeam 11 video showed a large group of juveniles congregating in the vicinity shortly before 3 p.m.
The violence later returned to the mall, where, police said, there have been reports of several people inside the mall, looting and destroying property.
Baltimore police Capt. Eric Kowalczyk said police are not speculating what the disturbances are related to, but are making sure people in the community and officers are safe.
“I know that the images people are seeing on TV are very disturbing. Our highest priority, our first focus right now is to protect the lives of our officers that are out on the street and the people that live and work in that area,” Kowalczyk said.
Kowalczyk said they know officers are in harm’s way, and are using tear gas and pepper balls.
“As the night goes on, you’re going to see us using tear gas and other crowd control techniques so that we can have this end peacefully without any more injuries to our officers or any of the people that are in that community,” Kowalczyk said.
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