2 Dead, 1 Wounded In Shooting At Royal Farms In Essex

ESSEX, MD — Two people were killed, and another injured, in a Sunday morning shooting at a Royal Farms store in Essex, according to multiple reports.

Baltimore County police responded to the scene at 1601 Middleborough Road around 6:30 a.m., according to a Fox-Baltimore report. Authorities had the area around the store on Back River Neck Road closed as they began an investigation, WBALTV-11 reported.

Both reports state another person suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound in an apartment a few blocks away that also caught fire, but police have not confirmed whether the incidents are connected.

The identities of the fatal victims had not been released as of 11 a.m.

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