In the latest of a string of Baltimore-area killings involving servicemen, a Marine about to be redeployed to Afghanistan was shot at a downtown bar early Friday.
Chase Love, a 26-year-old from New Orleans, was shot once in the chest after an altercation in the hookah lounge between 3:15 a.m. and 3:30 a.m., said police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. He said Love was celebrating with fellow Marines before returning to Afghanistan.
Guglielmi said police are interviewing bouncers and other witnesses but have identified no suspects or persons of interest in the shooting. Police said Saturday that they are also looking into why the lounge, Queen's Hookah, was open past 2:00 a.m., the closing time for area nightlife establishments.