This one in Maryland…..
3 Dead….
Unkown how many others besides a State Trooper hit in the firefight with the suspected shooter….
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office in Maryland said there are multiple victims after a shooting near Smithsburg, a town about 20 minutes from Hagerstown.
The sheriff’s office for the Western Maryland county said deputies were called to the Columbia Machine manufacturing plant, located in the 12900 block of Bikle Road, around 2:30 p.m. Thursday for a shooting involving multiple victims.
The suspect fled the area before a confrontation with a Maryland State Trooper a short time later, at a roundabout on Md. Route 66/Mapleville Road near Mount Aetna Road, where gunfire can be heard on eyewitness footage posted to social media.
The suspect “is no longer a threat to the community,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post. “This is a rapidly evolving incident and we will release information as we are able.
n a news briefing Thursday afternoon, Gov. Larry Hogan said it’s his understanding that “potentially three people” were killed. Hogan said a state police trooper pursued the suspect, who fired and struck the trooper in the shoulder. Police fired back and struck the suspect.
“I don’t know the status of the shooter … It’s an ongoing, developing situation,” Hogan said….
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This is a breaking story…
More to come….