Man who committed suicide on train tracks was suspect in double shooting
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Version 0 of 1. A man who threw himself in front of a train Monday morning, disrupting the commuter-train services between Baltimore and Washington, was also the suspect in a double shooting Sunday that left one man dead and that probably targeted the wrong people, police said. Authorities in Howard County said Jacinto Del Prado, 52, of Greenbelt was struck and killed about 7 a.m. Monday in the Lanham area after he committed suicide on the tracks that carry MARC and Amtrak trains. [Service is back on Amtrak and MARC trains after earlier issue] Police said they had an arrest warrant for Del Prado after he allegedly shot two men — one of whom died — on Sunday afternoon at a truck stop on Assateague Drive in Jessup. The man who was fatally shot at the truck stop was later identified by police as Chad Dewayne Daniel, 44, of Wesley Chapel, Fla. The man who was injured is a 57-year-old Baltimore resident. He is listed in stable condition at a hospital. [One person dead, another wounded in Howard County shooting] A preliminary police investigation found that Del Prado went to the truck stop to confront a man about a domestic matter, police said. But detectives said they think the two men were shot in a possible case of mistaken identity. Mary Phelan, a Howard County police spokeswoman, said in an email Tuesday that she could not provide additional details because the investigation is ongoing. Her department is also working with Prince George’s County police on the case. Del Prado’s suicide created hours-long delays during the Monday morning rush hour on the MARC and Amtrak lines between Washington and Baltimore. |