Chicago Sun-Times

SUSPECT AMONG 4 DEAD AFTER MARYLAND WAREHOUSE SHOOTING

- BY DAVID MCFADDEN AND MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press

ABERDEEN, Md. — A woman working a temporary job at a drugstore warehouse in Maryland got into an argument at work Thursday morning and began shooting colleagues, killing three before fatally turning the gun on herself, authoritie­s and witnesses said.

Workers at the Rite Aid distributi­on center in northeaste­rn Maryland described terrifying moments of “crazy” gunfire and people screaming and running in all directions after the shooting. Others said they helped the wounded, one person tying blood-soaked jeans around a man’s injured leg in a bid to stop the bleeding.

Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler said at a news conference that the woman was later identified as a temporary employee of the distributi­on center, Snochia Moseley of Baltimore County.

“She had reported for her workday as usual, and around 9 a.m. the shooting began, striking victims both outside the business and inside the facility,” Gahler said. “We do not at this time have a motive for this senseless crime.”

Krystal Watson, 33, said her husband, Eric, works at the facility and told her that the suspect had been arguing with somebody else near a time clock after a “town hall meeting.” “And she went off,” she said.

“She didn’t have a particular target. She was just shooting,” Watson said as she drove away from a fire station where relatives tried to reunite with loved ones.

The sheriff said the call about shots fired came in at about 9:06 a.m. and deputies and other officers were on the scene in just over five minutes. The shooting began outside the business and continued inside, he said.

 ?? STEVE RUARK/AP ?? Shirley Pollack, of Perryville, Maryland, reacts after a shooting Thursday that left four dead, including the suspect, at a Rite Aid distributi­on center in northeaste­rn Maryland.
STEVE RUARK/AP Shirley Pollack, of Perryville, Maryland, reacts after a shooting Thursday that left four dead, including the suspect, at a Rite Aid distributi­on center in northeaste­rn Maryland.

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