A 19-year-old man was pronounced dead following a Monday morning shooting at Beaverbank Circle in Towson, according to the Baltimore County Police.

Police officers arrived at the 900 block of Beaverbank Circle around 2:30 a.m. to find Andrew Blessing with gunshot wounds. Police believe the crime was targeted. Paramedics transported the victim to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The shooting, which happened blocks away from Goucher College, follows a fatal stabbing Sunday morning. Homicides, though, are still generally rare in the county, police data shows.

Detectives ask people with information about the case to contact 410-887-INFO.

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