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12-year-old girl killed in shooting at Baltimore youth football event

publishers 16articles 19first reported 4 Oct, 01:00 UTCdeveloping since 4 Oct · 8 editions

A 12-year-old girl was fatally shot at Leon Day Park in West Baltimore shortly before or during a youth football homecoming game, according to local and national news reports. The Baltimore Sun and ABC News cited police in reporting the girl’s death.

WBAL-TV and The Baltimore Banner reported that three adults were also injured in the shooting, while People.com’s headline said four people were injured. WBAL-TV described the girl as having been caught in crossfire.

Several outlets reported that the gunfire followed a dispute or argument. The BBC described it as a dispute over a parking space, and People.com said the shooting was allegedly connected to a parking spot. Afterward, community members called for peace, CBS News reported, while the girl’s mother remembered her in comments covered by WBFF.

HOW THIS STORY WAS MADE

Written from 8 articles, headlines and summaries only; 8 independent newsrooms once syndicated copies count as one; this version written 31 h after the record first saw the story; the editor revised it.

Publishers
16
Source articles
19
Given to the writer
8, headlines and summaries only
Independent newsrooms
8
This version written
31 h after the record first saw the story
Second model (editor)
revised
Publication gate
passed
Human review
none

WHAT THE EDITOR DID

The second model checked the writer's draft against the same sources and changed it before publication. Struck words were in the draft; underlined words are its corrections.

WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: The story needs timing narrowed to sourced alternatives and source-material commentary removed. - "A 12-year-old girl was fatally shot at Leon Day Park in West Baltimore shortly before or during a youth football homecoming game": The sources differ on timing: WBAL-TV says during a youth football game, People.com says at a children's homecoming game, while The Baltimore Sun says shortly before a Baltimore youth football game. - "The reason for that discrepancy was not clear.": This is commentary about the source material, which is not allowed. - "Reports did not identify any suspects or provide further details about the circumstances.": This is unsupported source-material commentary; the provided titles do not establish what details the reports did or did not include.

THE DRAFT AND THE CHANGES

12-year-old girl killed in shooting at Baltimore youth football event

A 12-year-old girl was fatally shot at Leon Day Park in West Baltimore shortly before or during a youth football homecoming game, according to local and national news reports. The Baltimore Sun and ABC News cited police in reporting the girl’s death. WBAL-TV and The Baltimore Banner reported that three adults were also injured in the shooting, while People.com’s headline said four people were injured. The reason for that discrepancy was not clear. WBAL-TV described the girl as having been caught in crossfire. Several outlets reported that the gunfire followed a dispute or argument. The BBC described it as a dispute over a parking space, and People.com said the shooting was allegedly connected to a parking spot. Reports did not identify any suspects or provide further details about the circumstances. Afterward, community members called for peace, CBS News reported, while the girl’s mother remembered her in comments covered by WBFF.

Written by a language model from the sources above, then checked by a second model that may only cut, attribute or correct. How it works →

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

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WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

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