Man, 38, fatally shot; store owner hurt in 2nd incident

A 38-year-old man was found fatally shot inside a vehicle in Northwest Baltimore Tuesday night, and another man was in critical condition after a shooting inside his Southwest Baltimore corner store. Police said 38-year-old Damon Hall was found about 10:30 p.m. inside a vehicle in the 3900 block of N. Hilton Road. He had been shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene. Hall lived in the block where he was killed, police said. Police spokesman T.J. Smith said the incident was “clearly targeted” but declined to confirm other details. Twenty-five minutes later, officers went to the 300 block of S. Calhoun St. for a shooting that occurred in a corner store. The 34-year-old store owner, whose name was not released, was shot in the upper body, and was taken to a hospital, where he was listed in critical condition. Police believe the shooting occurred during a robbery attempt. Smith said investigators believe the shooter fired from outside the store. At the scene, officers could be seen walking in and out of the store, Jamily’s Market, which advertises “grocery, snacks and tobacco,” as a neon “Open” sign flashed. Anyone with information about Hall’s killing was asked to call homicide detectives at 410-396-2100. Tips about the Calhoun Street shooting should go to the citywide shooting unit, at 410-396-2221. Fifty-two people have been killed in Baltimore so far this year. That number is down nearly 27 percent from the 71 people who had been killed at this time last year. after his tanker overturned on Deer Park Road in Carroll County Wednesday morning. At 11:55 a.m., units from Gamber & Community Fire Company and Baltimore County responded to a call for a home heating oil tanker overturned, according to the Gamber fire company’s public information officer, Clay Myers. Myers said Deer Park Road is in the Liberty Reservoir watershed and the reservoir belongs to the City of Baltimore. Although not much oil appeared to have spilled, two hazardous materials teams spent more than two hours at the site. Baltimore environmental police were also assisting. Petro sent a second truck to unload the fuel oil from the first truck. Myers said the incident was now under the supervision of the Maryland Department of the Environment. MDE officials could not be reached for comment. Myers said the cause of the accident was under investigation.