Teen charged after 14-year-old shot inside southeast Baltimore home

A 17-year-old relative faces first-degree assault, reckless endangerment and handgun charges after police say he shot a 14-year-old boy inside a house in the 3600 block of Noble Street, turning a family setting in southeast Baltimore into a crime scene.

Officers were called to the home at about 3:17 p.m. on Thursday, May 28, and found the younger teen wounded. Police said the victim was taken to a hospital and later reported stable. The suspect was taken into custody at the scene, questioned by detectives and was being held after charges were filed.

Because the accused shooter and the victim are related, the case points to a danger Baltimore police and child-safety advocates see again and again: guns in homes can turn a dispute, argument or moment of escalation into life-altering violence in seconds. In this case, the question is not just who pulled the trigger, but how a handgun was available inside a family home with children present.

The shooting landed in a neighborhood setting that makes the violence feel immediate for nearby residents, not distant. It also came less than 24 hours after an 11-year-old boy was shot in Baltimore’s Upton neighborhood, adding to a troubling run of shootings involving children in the city.

The broader picture is complicated. Baltimore city officials said 2025 closed with 133 homicides, a 31.44% drop from 2024, and 311 nonfatal shootings, down 24.51%. At the same time, a Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions study released May 27 found Safe Streets Baltimore was associated with a 42% reduction in homicides involving youth ages 15 to 24 and a 21% reduction in youth nonfatal shootings at the neighborhood level.

That gap between citywide gains and the continued toll on children and teenagers is what makes the Noble Street shooting so stark. A 17-year-old is now facing serious charges, a 14-year-old was hospitalized, and another Baltimore home has been pulled into the city’s long-running struggle to keep guns out of the hands of young people before family conflict turns into gunfire.