Woman shoots dead three at US warehouse, commits suicide

  • 9/21/2018
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Spokesman for the drugstore chain Rite Aid said the shooting happened on the campus of a company distribution center in Aberdeen Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said his office was monitoring the situation in Aberdeen and that the state stood ready to offer any support ABERDEEN, Maryland: Three people were killed and three injured when a woman opened fire at a warehouse complex in the US state of Maryland on Thursday, the county sheriff said. Harford County Sheriff Jeff Gahler said the suspect, a temporary employee at the distribution center whom he did not identify, also died after shooting herself in the head. The Harford County Sheriff’s Office tweeted that there was a shooting Thursday morning in the Perryman area that involved “multiple victims.” They warned that the situation was fluid and asked people to avoid the area. The FBI’s Baltimore field office tweeted that it was responding and assisting the sheriff’s office with an active shooter situation. The Baltimore field division of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives tweeted that its special agents were responding too. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said his office was monitoring the situation in Aberdeen and that the state stood ready to offer any support. Authorities said three people were shot in northeast Maryland in what the FBI described as an ‘active shooter situation.’ (AP Photo) Susan Henderson, spokesman for the drugstore chain Rite Aid, said the shooting happened on the campus of a company distribution center in Aberdeen. A law enforcement official said that three people were killed in the shooting. The law enforcement official had knowledge of the shooting but wasn’t authorized to discuss details by name and spoke on condition of anonymity. Henderson said authorities were at the scene and the company is cooperating with the investigation. She said the company had no further information to share.

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