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Maryland Shootings: Suspect in Custody. 2 Dead, 2 Wounded After Westfield Montgomery Mall and Aspen Hill Giant Shootings

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May 6, 2016Updated: May 6, 2016
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UPDATE 2:53 p.m.: Montgomery County Police Department said they have 62-year-old Eulalio Tordil in custody. He was found in the Aspen Hill area.

UPDATE 2:05 p.m.: Montgomery County Police Department Assistant Chief McSwain said during a press conference: “This continues to be a very active investigation. There is a possibility that these two shootings are related, and looking at whether last night’s shooting and these shootings were committed by the same suspect, as well. Not able to rate level of confidence, but I want to confirm we’re looking at the connection.”

Several media outlets have reported that the suspect is wearing body armor and driving a grey Hyundai Sonata with Pennsylvania license plates JZA-0123; McSwain said he was unable to confirm these reports at this time.

Thursday Night Shooting, Background

According to the Montgomery County Police Department: At around 4:40 p.m on May 5, 62-year-old Eulalio Tordil, of Adelphi, followed his ex-wife, 44-year-old Gladys Tordil, onto High Point High School grounds in Beltsville, Maryland.

After a brief altercation with her, a man tried to intervene and break it up; the husband shot both his ex-wife and the passerby trying to help. The wife died.

The shooter then fled in a grey Hyundai Elantra with Pennsylvania plate: JZA-0123.

Prince George’s County police said the man has made suicide threats, and is still at large. 

Police said his ex-wife had come to pick up her children who attended the school.

UPDATE 1:56 p.m.: A male victim in the Westfield Montgomery Mall shooting has died. Another male is in critical condition, and a woman is suffering from non-life threatening injuries. 

UPDATE 12:50 p.m.: The woman shot at the Aspen Hill Shopping Center has died, according to the MCPD.

UPDATE 12:41 p.m.: Montgomery County Police Department Assistant Chief McSwain said during a press conference: “There aren’t too many details to be released as the matter is still under preliminary investigation.”

McSwain confirmed that a confrontation in the mall parking lot led to the shooting; two people who responded to the shooting were in-turn shot as well, for a total of three victims at the first location, the Montgomery Westfield Mall.

Map showing the Westfield Montgomery Mall and Aspen Hill shopping center in Maryland. (Google maps/screenshot)
Map showing the Westfield Montgomery Mall and Aspen Hill shopping center in Maryland. (Google maps/screenshot)

UPDATE: Montgomery County Police Department has confirmed there’s been a second shooting, located at the Aspen Hill Giant.

Three people have been shot outside the Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda, Maryland—which is just outside of the D.C. area—according to police.

Local high schools have been placed on “shelter in place” notice.

Police have yet to indicate if the shootings are linked.

The suspect of the first shooting, who remains unidentified and at-large, shot two men and one woman, according to Montgomery County Police. 

Updates to come as more information becomes available.

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