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| Two killed in shopping mall shootings in Maryland | Two killed in shopping mall shootings in Maryland |
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| Two people have been killed and three injured in two shootings at shopping centres in Maryland, police said. | Two people have been killed and three injured in two shootings at shopping centres in Maryland, police said. |
| One person was killed and two more people are in hospital after being shot outside a shopping mall in Bethesda. | One person was killed and two more people are in hospital after being shot outside a shopping mall in Bethesda. |
| In Friday's second incident, a woman was shot and killed eight miles (13 km) away shortly afterwards. | |
| A policeman suspected of killing his wife outside a school on Thursday could be behind the two shootings on Friday and is still at large, police say. | |
| Nearby schools and hospitals are on lockdown as police search for him. | Nearby schools and hospitals are on lockdown as police search for him. |
| Eulalio Tordil, 62, is a police officer with the Federal Protection Services, which provides security to US government buildings. | Eulalio Tordil, 62, is a police officer with the Federal Protection Services, which provides security to US government buildings. |
| Police believe he killed his estranged wife Gladys Tordil outside the High Point High School in Maryland on Thursday as she was picking up her children. | |
| The Federal Protective Service says that Mr Tordil was placed on administrative leave in March after a protective order was issued against him. | The Federal Protective Service says that Mr Tordil was placed on administrative leave in March after a protective order was issued against him. |
| On Friday, gunfire erupted at the Westfield Mall in Bethesda then the second shooting happened at a supermarket in nearby Aspen Hill. | |
| "This continues to be a very active investigation," said Montgomery County police Captain Paul Starks, standing in the car park of Westfield. | |
| "We're still looking at the possibility that these shootings here [in Bethesda) and the shooting in Aspen Hill are related." | |
| He added that police were looking at whether Thursday's shooting and Friday's were committed by the same suspect. |