ELKTON - Investigators are seeking help from the community after four separate shootings in four different Elkton neighborhoods over the weekend - raising the total number of gunplay incidents in town to seven in less than two weeks, police reported Monday.
A 17-year-old male and 49-year-old man suffered gunshot wounds in the weekend shootings, according to Elkton Police Department officials, who further reported that an EPD officer has been credited with saving the life of the elder gunshot victim.
EPD Chief Carolyn Rogers referred to the shooting incidents from Friday night through Sunday afternoon as an unprecedented weekend of gun violence.
ELKTON â A teen allegedly pulled a handgun on a man and his two daughters â pointing it in their general direction â after they chided him for driving too fast through their Elkton neighborhood, according to Cecil County District Court records.
Elkton Police Department officers arrested the suspect, Tyler Anthony Mayberry, 18, shortly after the incident, which occurred at approximately 7:15 p.m. on Friday in the 300 block of Hollingsworth Manor, where Mayberry lives a few doors away from the alleged victimsâ residence, court records show.
EPD officers responded to the alleged victimsâ residence, after receiving a complaint about âsomeone pointing a handgun at them and threatening them,â police said. Officers interviewed the man and his two daughters, all of whom gave similar accounts of the incident, police added.
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ELKTON - An investigation is continuing after a fire destroyed an unoccupied pickup truck that was parked outside a residence in an Elkton neighborhood, according to the Maryland Office of the State Fire Marshal.
Residents called 911 at 12:27 a.m. on Friday, after discovering the burning vehicle in the 100 block of Hollingsworth Manor, fire officials said.
Four firefighters with Singerly Volunteer Fire Company of Elkton responded to the scene and extinguished the blaze in about 10 minutes, fire officials added.
The fire destroyed the 2002 Dodge Ram 2500, which had an estimated value of $3,000, according to Sr. Deputy State Fire Marshal Oliver J. Alkire, an agency detective and spokesman.
ELKTON â There was a party times three at the Maryland Rural Development Council campus inside Hollingsworth Manor to celebrate the re-opening and expansion of Head Start, the official opening of Sheilaghâs Pantry and the placement of a free community library.
Chris Benzing, MRDC executive director, explained to those attending the ceremonies last week that Head Start is growing phenomenally and will do even more so with the renovations to the center.
âWe had four Head Start classes and we are adding two more. We took advantage of the shut down to renovate inside and now 130 families can be served and we can double the Early Head Start program,â he said.