???Two men were shot and killed Sunday in separate incidents in West Baltimore, the first homicides in the city in 2017 . One shooting took place in the same block as the Western District police station.

???Officers were on patrol about 3:15 p.m. when they heard gunshots from the 1800 block of W. Fayette St. in the Franklin Square neighborhood. There they found a man who was pronounced dead at the scene.

???About 5:30 p.m., an officer was outside in the 1000 block of N. Mount St., in the same block as the Western District police station, and heard gunshots. He saw a man armed with a gun. but the suspect eluded police.

???The victim, found inside a car, was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Anyone with information about the homicides is asked to call police at 410-396-2100.

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—?The Baltimore Sun