These are the victims of the Baltimore mass shooting, 15 were minors
'She was the best sister I could ever ask for and I miss her so much'
'She was the best sister I could ever ask for and I miss her so much'
'She was the best sister I could ever ask for and I miss her so much'
Sunday's mass shooting left two people dead and 28 others injured after a block party in south Baltimore.
Police said an 18-year-old woman, Aaliyah Gonzalez, died at the scene. Nine others were taken to hospitals, and as many as 20 others -- ranging in age from 13 to 32 -- arrived at hospitals across the region on their own. A 20-year-old man, Kylis Fagbemi, later died.
In a news conference Monday afternoon, the mayor said that seven people remained hospitalized, four of which are in critical condition.
Baltimore police released more information about the surviving victims as follows:
- One 13-year-old girl and one 13-year-old boy
- One 14-year-old girl
- Two 15-year-old girls and one 15-year-old boy
- Three 16-year-old girls and two 16-year-old boys
- Two 17-year-old girls and two 17-year-old boys
- Two 18-year-old women and three 18-year-old men
- Three 19-year-old women
- One 20-year-old woman
- One 22-year-old man
- One 23-year-old woman
- One 31-year-old man
- One 32-year-old woman
Family remembers Aaliyah Gonzalez as shining star
Gonzalez was a shining star and a happy person who was full of life, her family told 11 News.
"She was amazing, but she was going to be so big and her star so bright," Krystal Gonzalez, Aaliyah's mother told 11 News. "We went from this super high to just a couple of weeks later. We shouldn't be planning a funeral for my baby. We should not be doing this right now."
Her family said Aaliyah had a big heart and cared about everybody.
"They took the best person in the whole-wide world away from us, and that's the only thing I can tell you," George Gonzalez, Aaliyah's father, told 11 News.
"She was the best sister I could ever ask for, and I miss her so much," said Jaidyn Gonzalez, Aaliyah's younger brother.
Aaliyah Gonzalez had just graduated from Glen Burnie High School and just got her driver's license. She was preparing to go to Anne Arundel Community College in the fall. Her parents said a friend asked her to go to the block party. She had never gone to the party or to Brooklyn before.
"First of all, Aaliyah kept a very small circle, and the young lady that she was with, God bless her, but they didn't really hang out too often. I think it was the sense (that she) graduated now and (they were) trying to find something to do during the summer before they got to school. They decided to go to this block party," Krystal Gonzalez said.
The family hopes those involved will be found.
"If it was your sister or your brother, you would want to know something. So, someone please come forward with some information so we can have some closure and maybe be able to save other lives," said Kathy Shepperson, Aaliyah's grandmother.
"I feel like we are in a war. Why do we have guns? Why do kids have guns?" said Beulah Jones, Aaliyah's grandmother.
"For this tragic situation to come to the person, the beautiful soul that she is, I just feel like that's unfair, and nobody that had a soul that Aaliyah has should ever have to go through anything like that," said Rashon Shelbrne, Aaliyah's brother.
As of Monday afternoon, 11 News has been unable to reach the family of Fagbemi.
City leaders implored the public to provide information amid videos circulating on social media showing the moments before the shooting.
A GoFundMe page has been established to help cover the funeral expenses.
Raw video below: Noon Monday police news conference in its entirety