Three employees were killed, one employee is in critical condition and a Maryland trooper was injured after a mass shooting Thursday (9 June) at the Columbia Machine manufacturing plant in Smithsburg, Maryland.
The suspect is in custody.
Police responded to the workplace for a reported shooting, where they found an injured 42-year-old employee in a field outside the business.
Police learned the suspect had already left the scene, and they were able to relay a suspect description and vehicle description.
Maryland State Police said three troopers encountered the suspect vehicle in Hagerstown.
When the troopers attempted to stop the vehicle, the suspect opened fire, striking a trooper, and the troopers returned fire, striking the suspect.
The trooper received medical treatment and is "doing well," police said.
The shooter was then apprehended and is receiving medical attention.
The suspect was identified only as a 23-year-old Hispanic man, who is not being identified as he has not yet been charged.
Washington County Sheriff Douglas Mullendore identified those killed as 50-year-old Mark Alan Frey, 31-year-old Charles Edward Minnick and 30-year-old Joshua Robert Wallace.
