Police launch manhunt after three shootings
A manhunt has been launched after police said they were looking into whether three fatal shootings in the Washington area were connected.
The first shooting occurred on Thursday at a high school. The second occurred in a shopping mall car park on Friday and the third happened 30 minutes later at a nearby shopping centre.
Police identified the school shooting suspect as 62-year-old Eulalio Tordil, an employee of the Federal Protective Service, which provides security at federal properties. Tordil was put on administrative duties in March after a protective order was issued against him.
Police said he followed 44-year-old Gladys Tordil to their children's Beltsville's High Point High School and shot her. He also shot and wounded a man who tried to intervene.
Authorities have not said that Tordil was responsible for the mall or shopping centre shooting, only that they are looking into the possibility that all three are related.
On Friday morning, officers responding to the car park of Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda found three people shot, Montgomery County Police Assistant Chief Darryl McSwain said. One person was shot and two others may have been shot coming to that person's aid, he said.
A man who was shot died and another man is in critical condition, Montgomery County police spokesman Captain Paul Starks said. A woman has injuries that are not life-threatening.
About a half an hour later, police were called to a shooting at a Giant Food store in Aspen Hill, about five miles away. Police later tweeted that a woman died after that shooting.
