BALTIMORE —
A man killed his girlfriend in Federal Hill and his ex-wife in Columbia before turning the gun on himself Saturday, police said.
Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison told 11 News that officers received call shortly after 1:30 p.m. for an alarm in the 1500 block of Marshall Street in Federal Hill. The officers found a rear door kicked in, indicating a forced entry, Harrison said.
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The officers found a 41-year-old woman inside dead from gunshot wounds. Harrison said police received information that the perpetrator then went to Howard County to kill another person and take his own life.
"We learned there's another homicide scene with another woman who died from apparent gunshot wounds. Then, we learned the perpetrator took his own life," Harrison said.
Howard County police said officers were called just after 2:07 p.m. to an apartment building in the 7300 block of Eden Brook Drive in Columbia for reports of gunshots. Police said the officers arrived at the scene at 2:14 p.m. and found two adults in a vestibule of the apartment building who were fatally shot.
A Facebook video posted by the alleged suspect shows him talking to his phone, explaining the events surrounding the crime. The suspect made claims about his ex-wife in the video and how he killed his girlfriend just minutes before.
But by the time Howard County p0lice were notified at 2:22 p.m. by Baltimore City police that there was a video posted on social media that indicated the suspect intended to go to Howard County, it was too late.
"What we now believe is that was a domestic-related murder-suicide. We believe the suspect, who is male, came to the area, sought out the female victim, shot and killed her and then shot and killed himself," Howard County police spokeswoman Sherry Llewellyn said.
Llewellyn said the woman shot in Columbia was the man's ex-wife, and the woman shot in Baltimore City was his girlfriend. Both the suspect and the Columbia victim were in their early 40s.
"This is a tragic domestic event that did not have to happen, and this is what we're talking about all the time with guns and domestic violence and the willingness of people to use these guns to take out their anger to solve conflict," Harrison said.
An investigation continues. No further information was immediately released.
A man killed his girlfriend in Federal Hill and his ex-wife in Columbia before turning the gun on himself Saturday, police said.
Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison told 11 News that officers received call shortly after 1:30 p.m. for an alarm in the 1500 block of Marshall Street in Federal Hill. The officers found a rear door kicked in, indicating a forced entry, Harrison said.
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The officers found a 41-year-old woman inside dead from gunshot wounds. Harrison said police received information that the perpetrator then went to Howard County to kill another person and take his own life.
"We learned there's another homicide scene with another woman who died from apparent gunshot wounds. Then, we learned the perpetrator took his own life," Harrison said.
Howard County police said officers were called just after 2:07 p.m. to an apartment building in the 7300 block of Eden Brook Drive in Columbia for reports of gunshots. Police said the officers arrived at the scene at 2:14 p.m. and found two adults in a vestibule of the apartment building who were fatally shot.
A Facebook video posted by the alleged suspect shows him talking to his phone, explaining the events surrounding the crime. The suspect made claims about his ex-wife in the video and how he killed his girlfriend just minutes before.
But by the time Howard County p0lice were notified at 2:22 p.m. by Baltimore City police that there was a video posted on social media that indicated the suspect intended to go to Howard County, it was too late.
"What we now believe is that was a domestic-related murder-suicide. We believe the suspect, who is male, came to the area, sought out the female victim, shot and killed her and then shot and killed himself," Howard County police spokeswoman Sherry Llewellyn said.
Llewellyn said the woman shot in Columbia was the man's ex-wife, and the woman shot in Baltimore City was his girlfriend. Both the suspect and the Columbia victim were in their early 40s.
"This is a tragic domestic event that did not have to happen, and this is what we're talking about all the time with guns and domestic violence and the willingness of people to use these guns to take out their anger to solve conflict," Harrison said.
An investigation continues. No further information was immediately released.
