Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputies investigate a shooting, Thursday, Jin Smithsburg, Md. “The trooper is doing well and the suspect is continuing to be treated,” Dofflemeyer said. During the course of gunfire, one trooper did receive an injury.”īoth were transported to area hospitals for treatment, where the suspect is in police custody. “The troopers returned fire, striking the suspect. “When the troopers went to stop the vehicle, the suspect immediately started firing off rounds at the troopers,” said Bill Dofflemyer of the Maryland State Police Criminal Investigation Bureau. Larry Hogan said “potentially” three people were killed. The suspect and a state trooper exchanged gunfire and both were wounded, the sheriff’s department said. A vehicle matching the description was quickly located a few miles away by Maryland State Police heading towards the scene. He has not been named because he has not been formally charged, but police are “currently in the process of doing that,” Douglas said.Īfter realizing the suspect had fled, the sheriff’s department released a description of the suspect and his vehicle. The gunman was identified only as a 23-year-old man from West Virginia. AP Police investigated the contents of a car at the scene. Tactical police work near where a man opened fire at a business, killing three people before the suspect and a state trooper were wounded in a shootout, according to authorities, in Smithsburg, Md., Thursday, June 9, 2022. The man found critically wounded outside was Brandon Chase Michael, 42. The three killed were identified as Mark Alan Frey, 50 Charles Edward Minnick, 31 and Joshua Robert Wallace, 30, the sheriff said.
Police said there “is no confirmed active threat to the community in relation to this incident.” The shooting took place in Smithsburg, Maryland.Īll four victims found at the scene and the gunman were employees at the factory, Washington County Sheriff Douglas Mullendore said at a press conference Thursday evening. The suspect and a state trooper exchanged gunfire and both were wounded, the sheriff’s department said.īoth were transported to area hospitals for treatment, police said.
The sheriff’s department released a description of the suspect and his vehicle was located shortly after by Maryland State Police a few miles away.