Suspect Arrested in Maryland Office Park Shooting That Killed 3
The FBI assisted state and local authorities in the manhunt.
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Police arrested a gunman suspected of killing three people and wounding two at a suburban Maryland business park before shooting another man in neighbouring Delaware.
Wilmington Police Chief Robert Tracy earlier told reporters that Prince "is a dangerous individual. This person shot six people in one day" in attacks that were not random.
Prince had been sought "in connection with both a multiple shooting incident early this morning in Edgewood, Maryland and another shooting incident at mid-morning today" in Wilmington, Delaware, a statement from police said.
On 18 October, a man who was fired from his job for punching a colleague showed up for work at a countertop company and shot five of his co-workers has been arrested, killing three, and injuring two.
Less than two hours later, Radee Labeeb Prince drove to a used car lot about 55 miles (90 kilometers) away in Wilmington, Delaware, and opened fire on a man with whom he had "beefs" in the past, wounding him, police said.
Prince was “apprehended a short time ago in Delaware by ATF and allied law enforcement agencies,” the Harford County Sheriff's Office in Maryland tweeted.
"This is a person with no conscience," Wilmington Police Chief Robert Tracy said earlier. "He's desperate right now."
Prince is a felon with 42 arrests in Delaware. Court records showed he had been fired from a Maryland job earlier this year after allegedly punching a co-worker and threatening other employees.
He also faced charges of being a felon in possession of a gun, was habitually late paying his rent, was repeatedly cited for traffic violations and was ordered to undergo drug and alcohol counseling in recent years.
The wounded were in a critical condition, according to a spokeswoman for the University of Maryland Medical Center's R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.
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