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Baltimore police: 1 relative shoots another after funeral

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Authorities are on scene outside of a church hall in west Baltimore, Tuesday, June 7, 2016, where Baltimore police say a man shot his father at a post-funeral repast for his brother, Antonio Addison. Addison was shot and killed in the same neighborhood last month in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Juliet Linderman) (The Associated Press)

Authorities are on scene outside of a church hall in west Baltimore, Tuesday, June 7, 2016, where Baltimore police say a man shot his father at a post-funeral repast for his brother, Antonio Addison. Addison was shot and killed in the same neighborhood last month in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Juliet Linderman) (The Associated Press)

Police say one family member shot and injured another at a meal in a church hall after the funeral of a mutual relative.

Baltimore police spokesman T.J. Smith said at a news conference that the shooting occurred Tuesday afternoon in a hall near the New Song Community Church in west Baltimore. He says family members had gathered at the hall for a repast after the funeral of 22-year-old Antonio Addison, who was killed May 25.

Smith says two men got into an argument in a vestibule just inside the hall, when one man shot the other in the abdomen. Smith says the victim was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive.

Smith expressed frustration about the incident, calling the shooting "senseless" and "ridiculous."