Multiple Dead After Gunman Opens Fire at Factory; Suspect Shot by Cops

A number of people were killed during a “mass shooting” at a factory in Maryland on Thursday, reports said.

There were “multiple fatalities” in the shooting that took place around 2:30 p.m. at Columbia Machine in Smithsburg, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.

The suspect was also shot at the scene by police.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan told reporters that he had been briefed on the incident and said preliminary reports from state police indicated three people were killed.

“My understanding is that [there was] potentially three people killed,” he said at a press conference on the state’s COVID-19 recovery plan. “The state police responded, pursued the suspect. The suspect fired, shot a state trooper in the shoulder who then returned fire and shot him back. And I don’t know the status of the shooter,but it’s an ongoing, developing situation.” (Read more from “Multiple Dead After Gunman Opens Fire at Factory; Suspect Shot by Cops” HERE)

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