Aberdeen, Maryland shooting explained

Aberdeen, Maryland shooting
Date:September 20, 2018
Time:9:06 a.m.
Timezone:EDT
Type:Workplace shooting and mass shooting
Perpetrator:Snochia Moseley[1]
Location:Aberdeen, Maryland, US
Weapons:9mm Glock 17[2]
Fatalities:4 (including the perpetrator)
Injuries:3[3]
Motive:Unknown

On September 20, 2018, four people were shot and killed outside a Rite Aid distribution center in Aberdeen, Maryland, United States.[4] The shooting occurred 30miles northeast of Baltimore.[5] This was the eighth mass shooting in Maryland in 2018, according to the Gun Violence Archive.[6] [7]

Incident

The suspect entered the facility to report to work as usual, before opening fire on victims inside and outside of the facility.[8] The Harford County sheriff stated that calls of "shots fired" came from the Rite Aid distribution center at approximately 9:06 am. EDT.[9] Deputies responded at 9:09 am.[10] Officers reportedly never discharged their weapons while responding to the scene.[11] Agents from the Baltimore offices of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the FBI responded to the scene.[12]

Victims

Casualties
1. Sunday Aguda, 44 (deceased)[13]
2. Brindra Giri, 41 (deceased)[14]
3. Hayleen Reyes, 21 (deceased)[15]
4. Purna Achary, 46 (injured)[16]
5. Hassan Mitchell, 19 (injured)[17]
6. Wilfredo Villegas, 45 (injured)[18]

Preliminary reports suggest that at least three people were killed in the attack, although the Harford County Sheriff declined to give a precise number of wounded and deceased victims during the press conference.[19] Two victims died at the scene and two in the hospital. It was later reported that the suspect died at the hospital due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound to their head.[20]

Victims were transported to Johns Hopkins Bayview Hospital in Baltimore and Christiana Hospital in Delaware. Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Trauma Director released a statement that the hospital received four victims with gunshot wounds, and by 2:30 pm. ET, two patients were stable and two were seriously injured.

Perpetrator

The shooter was admitted to the hospital, and officials did not immediately identify the suspect. It was confirmed that per initial sweeps of the site the suspect was armed with a single 9mm Glock 17 handgun.[21] Later, the Harford County Sheriff's Office revealed the identity of the shooter as being Snochia Moseley, 26, a transgender African American of Baltimore County who was a temporary worker at the facility.[22] [23] Moseley shot himself in the head and later died of his wounds at the hospital.[24] The Washington Post reported that Moseley "had been beset for years by mental illness as well as emotional turmoil related to his struggle with sexual identity, according to authorities and a close friend."[25]

Response

After the shooting, a reunification center was set up at a fire department in Havre de Grace.[26]

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan used Twitter to express his condolences and thoughts on the situation and tweeted "We are closely monitoring the horrific shooting in Aberdeen. Our prayers are with all those impacted, including our first responders."

Rite Aid released a statement emphasizing their continuation to work closely with authorities as the investigation continued, and stating that the company would provide grief counselors as long as needed. The company also offered their thoughts and prayers to all those involved in the situation.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Latest: Hospital: 4 brought there with gunshot wounds – WTOP . September 20, 2018 . September 20, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180920220122/https://wtop.com/maryland/2018/09/the-latest-hospital-4-brought-there-with-gunshot-wounds/ . September 20, 2018 . live.
  2. Web site: Aberdeen shooting: Female gunman kills 3, injures 3 in 'chaotic' scene at Rite Aid center . September 20, 2018 . September 20, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180920194708/https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/national/maryland-shooting-multiple-victims-harford-county/Iv723W3cAUkyBJ3hmpb2EP/amp.html . September 20, 2018 . live.
  3. Web site: The Latest: Hospital: 4 brought there with gunshot wounds . September 20, 2018 . LEX18.com . September 20, 2018 . Site Administrator . https://web.archive.org/web/20180920233642/https://lex18.com/ap-national-news/2018/09/20/the-latest-sheriff-shooting-suspect-in-critical-condition/ . September 20, 2018 . dead .
  4. News: Stanglin . Doug . Parra . Esteban . September 20, 2018 . 'Multiple victims' reported at shooting in business park in Aberdeen, Maryland . USA Today . live . September 20, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180920163150/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/09/20/maryland-shooting-multiple-victims-reported-business-park/1366698002/ . September 20, 2018.
  5. News: McLaughlin . Eliott C. . Hassan . Carma . Almasy . Steve . September 20, 2018 . 3 killed in shooting at Rite Aid distribution center in Maryland . CNN . live . September 20, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180920184038/https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/20/us/maryland-shooting/index.html . September 20, 2018.
  6. News: September 20, 2018 . Multiple Dead, Suspect in Custody After Aberdeen Rite Aid Warehouse Shooting . CBS . live . September 20, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180920173406/https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2018/09/20/shooting-aberdeen-harford-county-maryland-multiple-people-shot/ . September 20, 2018.
  7. News: Chokshi . Niraj . September 20, 2018 . Employee Kills Three, Then Herself, at Rite Aid Facility in Maryland, Officials Say . The New York Times . live . limited . September 23, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180923200656/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/20/us/maryland-shooting-aberdeen.html . September 23, 2018.
  8. News: 7 shot, 3 killed, suspect dead in Harford County shooting . Khan . Saliqa A. . September 21, 2018 . WBAL . September 23, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180920184934/https://www.wbaltv.com/article/officials-multiple-victims-in-harford-county-shooting/23330608 . September 20, 2018 . live.
  9. Web site: 2018-09-21 . 4 dead, including suspect, after Maryland warehouse shooting . 2023-08-09 . AP News . en.
  10. Web site: Pignataro . Juliana Rose . 2018-09-20 . 'Multiple Victims' in Maryland Shooting: Police . 2023-08-09 . Newsweek . en.
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  12. News: Cherelus . Gina . September 20, 2018 . 'Multiple fatalities' in Maryland shooting, suspect arrested: sheriff . Reuters . live . September 20, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180920163449/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-maryland-shooting/multiple-fatalities-in-maryland-shooting-suspect-arrested-sheriff-idUSKCN1M0266 . September 20, 2018.
  13. News: Chokshi . Niraj . 2018-09-21 . Victims of Rite Aid Shooting Identified as Police Search for Motive . 2024-07-04 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  14. News: Chokshi . Niraj . 2018-09-21 . Victims of Rite Aid Shooting Identified as Police Search for Motive . 2024-07-04 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  15. News: Chokshi . Niraj . 2018-09-21 . Victims of Rite Aid Shooting Identified as Police Search for Motive . 2024-07-04 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  16. News: Chokshi . Niraj . 2018-09-21 . Victims of Rite Aid Shooting Identified as Police Search for Motive . 2024-07-04 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  17. News: Chokshi . Niraj . 2018-09-21 . Victims of Rite Aid Shooting Identified as Police Search for Motive . 2024-07-04 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  18. News: Chokshi . Niraj . 2018-09-21 . Victims of Rite Aid Shooting Identified as Police Search for Motive . 2024-07-04 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
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  20. News: 7 shot, 3 killed, suspect dead in Harford County shooting . Khan . Saliqa A. . September 20, 2018 . WBAL . September 20, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180920184934/https://www.wbaltv.com/article/officials-multiple-victims-in-harford-county-shooting/23330608 . September 20, 2018 . live.
  21. News: 'Multiple deaths' in Maryland shooting . September 20, 2018 . BBC News . September 20, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180920183451/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45594239 . September 20, 2018 . live.
  22. Web site: Reid . Chip . September 20, 2018 . Female gunman in Maryland kills 3 in third mass shooting in 24 hours . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180921040208/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maryland-shooting-female-suspect-snochia-moseley-rite-aid-distribution-center-today-2018-09-20/ . September 21, 2018 . September 21, 2018 . CBS News.
  23. Web site: Phillips . Aleks . 2023-03-28 . How many mass shootings have been carried out by transgender people? . 2023-08-09 . Newsweek . en.
  24. News: Van Sant . Shannon . September 20, 2018 . Multiple People Killed And Wounded in Maryland Shooting . NPR . live . September 20, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180920212003/https://www.npr.org/2018/09/20/649944366/multiple-people-killed-and-wounded-in-maryland-shooting . September 20, 2018.
  25. News: Gately . Gary . Jouvenal . Justin . Duggan . Paul . September 21, 2018 . Rite Aid shooting: 'There's just no way to make sense of something that's so senseless.' . The Washington Post . live . subscription . November 17, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190517072626/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/three-victims-in-fatal-shooting-at-maryland-distribution-center-identified/2018/09/21/fdcf24da-bd9a-11e8-be70-52bd11fe18af_story.html . 17 May 2019.
  26. News: Chason . Rachel . Duggan . Paul . Jouvenal . Justin . Temporary employee at Md. distribution center fatally shot herself after killing 3 people, wounding 3 others . The Washington Post . September 21, 2018 . September 20, 2018.

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