Washington, Oct 19 (AFP) Police arrested a gunmansuspected of killing three people and wounding two at asuburban Maryland business park before shooting another man inneighbouring Delaware.
"The suspect in this incident has been located and is inpolice custody," the Wilmington, Delaware police departmentsaid of Radee Prince, 37.
Wilmington Police Chief Robert Tracy earlier toldreporters that Prince "is a dangerous individual. This personshot six people in one day" in attacks that were not random.
Prince had been sought "in connection with both amultiple shooting incident early this morning in Edgewood,Maryland and another shooting incident at mid-morning today"in Wilmington, Delaware, a statement from police said.
Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler said three peopledied in the first incident at a granite business just before9:00 am (local time).
He confirmed a handgun was used and two other victimswere transported to trauma centers in serious condition.
When the shooter was still at large, several Edgewood-area schools were placed on lockdown, officials said, whilethe nearby set of popular Netflix show "House of Cards" wasalso reportedly secured.
Gahler said Prince was associated with the company,Advanced Granite Solutions, where the first shooting occurred,near Baltimore.
"This does appear to be a targeted attack, limited tothat business," he said.
Police were investigating Prince's connection with thefirm, where all five victims of the first shooting wereemployed, Gahler said, declining to give further details aboutthem.
He said other people beside the five victims were on thepremises when the shooting took place.
Tracy said the victim in the second shooting identifiedthe gunman.
"They're known to each other and they've had some pasthistory," he told a news conference.
The suspect fled the first attack in a car registered inDelaware, Gahler said.
Variety magazine reported that the set of "House ofCards," which is partly filmed in Maryland, was placed onlockdown while police searched for the shooter.
The executive producer of the series, Dana Brunetti,addressed the incident in a Facebook post.
"Shooting near House of Cards set," Brunetti wrote.
Some of the school lockdowns were later lifted, accordingto Harford County Public Schools.
The incident was the latest mass shooting in a countrywhere such killings have become tragically commonplace.
On October 1, a gunman in a 32nd-floor casino hotel roomrained fire down on concert-goers in Las Vegas, killing 58 andwounding more than 500.
It was the deadliest shooting in recent US history.
To date in 2017 there have been 286 mass shootings --nearly one per day -- according to the online Gun ViolenceArchive. (AFP)AJR.
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