"We will not stop until we find you, and we will find you. "I want those who are responsible to hear me, and hear me very clearly," Mayor Brandon Scott said at the scene. The 28 injured ranged in ages from 13 to 32, with more than half of them being younger than 18, officials said. Gonzales died at the scene, and Fagbemi died at the hospital. The deceased victims were identified as 18-year-old Aaliyah Gonzales and 20-year-old Kylis Fagbemi, police said Sunday. Nine remained hospitalized Sunday afternoon. Nine of Sunday's victims were taken by ambulance and 20 walked into area hospitals with injuries from the shooting, Worley said. Authorities have vowed to crack down aggressively on repeat violent offenders. Police have reported nearly 130 homicides and close to 300 shootings so far this year, though that's down from the same time last year. The violence in Baltimore occurred as federal prosecutors there this week touted their efforts to reduce violent crime in the city. Elsewhere, a shooting in Kansas left seven people with gunshot wounds and two more victims hospitalized after being trampled as people rushed out of a nightclub early Sunday morning, police there said. The shooting comes amid gatherings around the country leading up to the July Fourth holiday. It wasn't clear if the shooting was targeted or random, Worley said. No arrests had been made by late afternoon. 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. The shooting took place just after 12:30 a.m. Three of the wounded were in critical condition and more than a dozen were under 18. BALTIMORE - Gunfire erupted at a block party in Baltimore on Sunday - killing two people, wounding 28 and leaving an extensive crime scene that marred the U.S.
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