US: 3 dead, trooper hurt in Maryland shooting
SMITHSBURG, MARYLAND: An employee opened fire at a manufacturing business in rural western Maryland on Thursday, killing three co-workers before the suspect and a state trooper were wounded in a shootout, authorities said.
Washington county sheriff Doug Mullendore said that three victims were found dead at Columbia Machine Inc in Smithsburg and a fourth victim was critically injured. The sheriff said at a news conference that the victims and suspect were all employees at the facility. The suspect fled in a vehicle before authorities arrived at the scene and was tracked down by Maryland state police, Mullendore said. The suspect and a trooper were wounded in an exchange of gunfire, according to the sheriff.
Mullendore said the suspect was a 42- year- old man but declined to release his name while criminal charges were being prepared.
Mississippi police officer, another person killed
A police officer has died along with one other person after an officer-involved shooting on Thursday in an eastern Mississippi
city, authorities said, adding a suspect was being sought.
The Mississippi bureau of investigation said in a statement that it is investigating the shooting and also seeking the public’s help in locating a 31-year-old suspect who could be armed and dangerous.
The police officer wasn’t immediately identified and authorities did not disclose specifics other than to say the were investigating an officer-involved shooting. The Mississippi bureau of investigation statement said only that the officer and a “deceased female” were both found at the scene on a Meridian avenue.
‘Potential intruder’ killed at Alabama school
A man who tried to enter an Alabama elementary school where a summer programme was being held was shot to death by police on Thursday morning, authorities said.
Gadsden City Schools Superintendent Tony Reddick said that a “potential intruder” went to several doors trying to get into Walnut Park Elementary School, where a summer programme was being conducted for 34 children. All the doors were locked and the principal contacted the school resource officer when she realised what was happening, Reddick said.