Children among 6 wounded in Maryland mass shooting as detectives work to determine what occurred

A mass shooting early Saturday in Maryland left six people wounded, including two children, according to local authorities.

The Anne Arundel County Police Department said in a statement on X that patrol officers responded to an "unknown disturbance" at about 4:40 a.m. in the suburban community of Hanover outside Baltimore, where they found a large crowd actively dispersing and a man with froa gunshot wound to his torso. 

EMS took the man to a hospital for injuries that were not life-threatening.

MASS SHOOTING IN BALTIMORE LEAVES 6 PEOPLE WOUNDED, INCLUDING 5-YEAR-OLD: POLICE

However, the scope of the violence quickly expanded. 

Throughout the morning, detectives were notified by three different area hospitals that several walk-in victims had arrived seeking treatment for gunshot wound...