Three people were killed, including a suspect, and two were injured in a shooting and fire early Saturday morning in Maryland, according to authorities.
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Firefighters are on the scene in the 7300 block of Maury Road where police report multiple fatalities. Baltimore County Police fatally shot an armed suspect. (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun/TNS)
4 dead, 1 injured in shooting and explosion; Baltimore County police kill suspect
BALTIMORE Four people died and one was injured in a shooting and explosion in a townhouse neighborhood in Woodlawn Saturday, including the alleged gunman, who Baltimore County Police said they killed.
Neighbors called 911 to report a fire and the armed man in the 7300 block of Maury Road, and officers and firefighters arrived together about 6:40 a.m. to find the man outside the burning homes, county police spokeswoman Joy Stewart said.
Authorities: 4 Dead, 1 Hurt After Shooting, Fire in Maryland
WOODLAWN, Md. Four people were killed and at least one was injured in a shooting and fire early Saturday morning in Maryland, authorities said, adding the suspect was shot by police and was among the dead.
Authorities said it was not immediately clear what led to the violence on a residential street in suburban Baltimore. They identified the dead suspect in a later news release as Everton Brown, 56, and said he lived on the street.
The police statement added that four officers discharged their firearms and all had been placed on routine administrative duty per departmental policy. It added that police body cameras recorded footage of the scene officers encountered and it showed one home was fully engulfed in flames when they arrived.
2021/05/09 04:47 The site of a fire in Woodlawn, Md., where three people were killed, including a suspect, and two others were injured on Saturday, May 8, 2021. (AP Ph. The site of a fire in Woodlawn, Md., where three people were killed, including a suspect, and two others were injured on Saturday, May 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Brian Witte) The site of a fire in Woodlawn, Md., where three people were killed, including a suspect, and two others were injured on Saturday, May 8, 2021. Around. The site of a fire in Woodlawn, Md., where three people were killed, including a suspect, and two others were injured on Saturday, May 8, 2021. Around 6:40 a.m., officers responded to reports of both a fire and active shooter in Woodlawn, Baltimore County Police spokeswoman Joy Stewart said at a news conference. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)