Police Disable ‘Crude Attempts’ at Explosive Devices after 3 Die, Including Gunman, in Maryland Mall Shooting

A gunman fatally shot two people at a shopping mall in suburban Baltimore before taking his own life, authorities said Saturday.

Howard County (Md.) Police issued a statement late Saturday saying that they had tentatively identified the gunman at the Mall in Columbia, but were not releasing a name because investigators were still following up on leads. The statement also said that police had found two “crude devices” that appeared to be attempts at improvised explosives. Both devices were disabled.

Police said the gunman killed two employees of a skate shop called Zumiez on the upper level of the mall, which is located in a suburb of both Baltimore and Washington, before turning the gun on himself.

The victims were later identified as Brianna Benlolo, 21, and Tyler Johnson, 25. Police said it wasn’t clear if the shooter and victims knew each other.

Benlolo’s grandfather, John Feins, told the Associated Press in a telephone interview from Florida that his granddaughter had a 2-year-old son and that the job at Zumiez was her first since she went back to work after her son’s birth.

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