Live: Three killed in mass shooting at Maryland business

Authorities in Maryland scrambled on Thursday to respond to a mass shooting in Smithsfield.

At least three people were killed and a Maryland state trooper was wounded in the shooting, ABC 7 News reported. "A Maryland State Police trooper located the man, at which time the suspect shot at the trooper, striking him in the shoulder, a source told 7News. The trooper returned fire striking the subject, the source said."

The Washington County Sheriff's Office said the shooter was "no longer a threat to the community."

The shooting took place at the Columbia Machine manufacturing plant.

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"This is a rapidly evolving incident and we will release information as we are able," the Washington County Sheriff's Office said in a message posted to Facebook

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Three people were killed in a shooting at a manufacturing plant in Smithsburg, Maryland, on Thursday afternoon, authorities said.

Although a law enforcement official who confirmed the deaths also said four others were injured in the attack, local sheriff's officials said the total number of people struck at the location was four, with three dead and another critically injured.

In addition, a Maryland state trooper suffered a minor injury in a confrontation with the suspect, who was captured and is alive, the law enforcement official said.

NBC Washington captured imagery of the location where the trooper and the suspect clashed — a roadway with a Mitsubishi Eclipse coupe and an unmarked police SUV.

The roadway was littered with evidence markers.

According to Gov. Larry Hogan, who spoke to reporters earlier in the afternoon, and to the Washington County Sheriff's Office, the suspect fled in a vehicle and was confronted on a road nearby.

The suspect and the trooper exchanged gunfire, and both were hospitalized, sheriff's Sgt. Carly Hose said. Their exact conditions were unavailable.

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Diotrephes · 70-79, M

The twenty-three-old suspect has been busted =
Maryland mass shooting - live: Suspect charged with murder in Smithsburg manufacturing facility shooting
The suspect has been taken into custody
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/maryland-mass-shooting-smithsburg-gunman-latest-b2097990.html

Fukfacewillie · 56-60, M

He could have used a rolling pin.

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