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US suspect caught puffing cigar after mass shooting | |
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A US man suspected of shooting six people on Wednesday was arrested in a foot chase after he was spotted smoking a cigar outside a school, police say. | |
Radee Labeeb Prince is suspected of shooting dead three people and injuring three others in the US states of Maryland and Delaware. | |
The spree began 10 hours earlier at a countertop business near the city of Baltimore, officials say. | |
Mr Prince, 37, worked as a machine operator at the firm. | |
'Workplace violence' | |
Police say he later drove to Delaware and shot a man at a used-car dealership. | |
The shootings triggered a huge manhunt in the area, which ended when a tipster spotted him outside a high school and called police. | |
Three agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, who were assisting in the investigation chased him down and took him into custody. | |
During the chase, Mr Prince threw away a .380 handgun, agents told US media, adding that the bullets inside the gun matched those used in the earlier attacks. | |
Three people died in the shooting at the Emmorton Business Park near Baltimore. | Three people died in the shooting at the Emmorton Business Park near Baltimore. |
They were identified as Bayarsaikhan Tudev, 53, of Virginia; Jose Hidalgo Romero, 34 of Aberdeen, Maryland; and Enis Mrvoljak, 48, of Dundalk, Maryland. | |
Advanced Granite Solutions owner Barak Caba told AP news agency the suspect had been employed with the company for four months. | |
He described the victims as "the nicest people", adding: "They never even raised their voices to their co-workers. They were peaceful, happy people." | |
Two other victims were left critically injured and were in hospital with gunshot wounds to the head, said Maryland Governor Larry Hogan. | |
Investigators are treating the first shooting as a workplace violence incident, according to Dave Fitz, a spokesman for the Baltimore FBI field office. | Investigators are treating the first shooting as a workplace violence incident, according to Dave Fitz, a spokesman for the Baltimore FBI field office. |
According to court records, Prince had allegedly been fired from a previous job at another granite company after attacking a colleague. | |
A different colleague had sought to get a restraining order against him, Harford County court records show. | |
Harford County Executive Barry Glassman said after the shooting: "Unfortunately, like most suburban counties in America, we are not immune to workplace violence." | |
Mr Prince is also suspected of shooting a sixth person, more than 50 miles (80km) away, at the second-hand car business in Wilmington, Delaware, police told NBC Philadelphia. | Mr Prince is also suspected of shooting a sixth person, more than 50 miles (80km) away, at the second-hand car business in Wilmington, Delaware, police told NBC Philadelphia. |
A man at the car dealership was shot three times, the network reports, and was transported to hospital. | |
Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler said all five victims in Maryland were employees of the Edgewood business, Advanced Granite Solutions, and were known by the assailant. | |
"This does appear to be a targeted attack, limited to that business," the sheriff said, adding that the victims were apparently shot with a handgun. | "This does appear to be a targeted attack, limited to that business," the sheriff said, adding that the victims were apparently shot with a handgun. |
It is not clear if he was still working there at the time of the shooting. | It is not clear if he was still working there at the time of the shooting. |
Police have not released a suspected motive. | |
Local schools and the set of the Netflix series House of Cards, which is about a mile away, were placed on lockdown as police searched the area. |