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8 people shot in retaliation in Baltimore: police

BALTIMORE Baltimore police said eight people, including a 3-year-old girl, were shot in east Baltimore in what police said was a retaliatory attack. 

None of the victims had life-threatening injuries, a Baltimore police spokesman tweeted. There are three suspects, one with a shotgun and two with handguns, police spokesman T.J. Smith tweeted. The victims included a father and daughter, according to Smith.

Police said in a press conference that they believed the shooting was a retaliatory act for an incident that happened over Labor Day weekend. 

The shooting happened around 9:00 p.m. Saturday night at Greenmount Avenue and East Preston Street, near Greenmount Cemetery, CBS Baltimore reported

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