World in brief: July 3, 2023
UNITED STATES: Two people were killed and 28 wounded after gunfire erupted at a block party in Baltimore on Sunday.
Three of the wounded were in critical condition and more than a dozen were under 18.
The shooting took place when at least two people opened fire at a block party in the Brooklyn Homes area in the southern part of the city, said Richard Worley, Baltimore’s acting police commissioner.
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