Three people have died after someone opened fire inside a manufacturing facility in west Maryland on Thursday afternoon, Gov. Larry Hogan said.
Deputies responded to the active shooting at Columbia Machine, Inc. on Bikle Road in Smithsburg around 2:30 p.m.
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said there were “multiple fatalities.” Hogan later confirmed at a news conference that three people had been killed.
The suspect was shot dead during a clash with a Maryland state police officer, the sheriff’s office said. The shooter was hospitalized, but his condition is unclear at this time.
The policeman suffered a minor injury, authorities said.
Smithsburg is located in a remote area near the Maryland-Pennsylvania border and a few miles from Hagerstown, Maryland.
No further information was available immediately.
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