Three men, including a father and son, are dead and three other people were injured in a mass shooting Sunday night at a home in Maryland’s capital city.
According to the Annapolis Police Department, the shooting took place in a residential area along the waterfront just south of Back Creek and the suspect was peacefully taken into custody immediately after.
Officers responded to the home at 7:50 p.m. and found six people shot, police Chief Edward Jackson said Monday afternoon.
Three people died, one wounded victim was taken by medical helicopter to a local trauma unit and the other two victims were taken to local hospitals, Jackson said.
Police announced a person was in custody Sunday night and said there was no threat to the public.
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During a press conference Monday afternoon, Jackson identified the shooter as 45-year-old Charles Robert Smith, who lives in the neighborhood where the shooting occurred. Jackson said Smith was charged with three counts of second-degree murder and three counts of attempted murder in connection to the shooting. He also faces assault and weapon charges, Jackson said.
Jackson identified the dead as a 55-year-old man from Odenton, Maryland, a 25-year-old man from Annapolis and a 27-year-old man, also from Annapolis. Two victims, Jackson said, were father and son.
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An ‘interpersonal dispute’
Jackson said the shooting stemmed from what he described as an “interpersonal dispute” and involved two weapons − a long handgun and a semi-automatic handgun.
The suspect was not wounded in the shooting and his relationship to the victims remained under investigation Monday, Jackson said.
A motive in the shooting was also under investigation.
Survivors listed in stable condition
The three people injured were stable as of midnight, police spokesperson Shephard Bennett told USA TODAY Monday.
Jackson said all three victims were expected to live.
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Photos taken outside the shooting scene show police and people standing outside a two-story brick home, surrounded by yellow crime scene tape.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact Annapolis police.
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