Two people are dead and three others injured in three separate shooting incidents in Maryland. Police looking for a federal law enforcement officer possibly connected to the shootings.
Montgomery County police responded to reports of an 11 am shooting outside of a Bethesda shopping mall. According to Assistant Police Chief Darryl McSwain, one person was shot, and two people who rushed to their assistance were also shot. They were reportedly rushed to the hospital - police say one of the male victims died, another male victim is in "grave" condition, and the woman has "non-life-threatening" injuries.
Eight miles northeast of the mall, in Aspen Hill, a woman was shot outside of a Giant Food grocery store less than an hour after the mall shooting. Police say the woman died from her injuries.
Police have identified the suspect as Eulalio Tordil, a Federal Protective Service employee. Prince George’s County police had already named Mr Tordil as a suspect for allegedly shooting and killing his estranged wife while she waited to pick up their kids in a Bethesda high school parking lot. He also allegedly wounded a man who came to her assistance.
Mr Tordil had been placed on administrative leave from the FPS - which is a division of the Department of Homeland Security that supplies security for federal facilities - after a protective order had been issued against him in March, according to CNN.
Maryland County schools were ordered to shelter in place. One hospital in the area had issued a total lockdown.
The suspect is still at large.
