May 9, 2008 9:07 am US/Eastern
Light Rail Double Stabbing Caught On Camera
BALTIMORE (WJZ) ―
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A vicious stabbing is caught on tape in downtown Baltimore Wednesday afternoon.
A vicious stabbing is caught on tape.
It happened Wednesday on Howard Street in downtown Baltimore in front of dozens of bystanders.
Derek Valcourt reports in a
WJZ Exclusive the stabbing stopped the light rail evening commute in its tracks.
In this high tech day and age, camera phones may be some of the best police evidence. Sometimes all it takes is one camera to solve a crime.
Amateur video shows a fight broke out between two young women, but then the camera pans to another fight.
In the second shot taken by the camera, a woman dressed in green is shown holding what appears to be a knife or some other sharp object in her hand.
Just as it appears she is about to stab the 16-year-old victim, someone steps in front of the camera, and the picture is lost for a split second.
Then, the camera shows the suspect run away while the melee continues and the crowd disperses.
It's an apparent stabbing caught on camera. Police say the victim had a large cut on her upper back and needed 20 stitches.
She was just getting off the bus when police say she was jumped by six other girls in the area of Howard Street where police crime cameras keep close watch.
Police say the victim's aunt tried to help. She was stabbed in the lip and needed five stitches.
It took just seconds for police to arrive on the scene. By then, nearly every witness seemed to have disappeared, but the camera may be the best witness of all.
When the video is frozen, it's clear the suspect is raising her arms as others in the crowd held the victim by her hair.
The camera clearly caught the young woman in green as she made her getaway.
Police say the young victim has identified all six of her female attackers.
Detectives are working the case but so far no arrests have been made.
Both of the victims, the 16-year-old girl and her aunt, were treated and released at University Hospital.
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