Police detain two after gunfire erupts at Pedestal Gardens in west Baltimore

Police detained two people while responding to gunfire in west Baltimore on Wednesday night.

Officers began searching the area around the Pedestal Gardens apartment community in the 300 block of McMechen Street for signs of a possible shooting around 11:15 p.m.

Officers discuss the search for evidence of gunfire at the Pedestal Gardens apartment complex in west Baltimore on Wednesday night. (WBFF / Maggie Ybarra)

Police found cartridge casings near the dumpsters at the back of the apartment complex. They taped off the area and used orange cones to keep track of the the evidence.

Several officers could be seen searching the cars parked at the apartment complex while other officers tended to two people in handcuffs.

Baltimore police search the vehicles parked at the Pedestal Gardens apartment community following a burst of gunfire in west Baltimore on Wednesday. (WBFF / Maggie Ybarra)

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