Harford County Deputies Investigating Edgewood Fatal Shooting

EDGEWOOD, MD – The Harford County Sheriff’s Department is continuing to investigate a fatal shooting that took place on Saturday and that left a 22-year-old Edgewater man dead on Saturday afternoon.

Police found Christopher Smith outside the residences in the 600 block of Edgewood Road at 12:26 p.m. after Smith had been shot in the upper body, police said in a news release. Deputies immediately began life-saving measures before medics arrived and transported to Johns Hopkins Bayview, where Smith was pronounced deceased.

Police canvassed the area and included K-9 units in the search but did not include the apprehension of any suspects. An early investigation of the scene by forensic detectives determined that at this time, it does not seem as the shooting on Saturday is linked to a shooting and stabbing that occurred Friday in the same vicinity.

In that incident, two men were wounded at the Royal Farms in the 600 block of Edgewood Road, where the men were found after one of the men had been shot and the other had been stabbed, police reported in a news release

Deputies arrived at the scene at 4:30 a.m. Friday when they found Nyle Clements, 19, Baltimore, in a vehicle with a gunshot wound to the upper extremities. Officers also found 19-year-old Baltimore resident Thomas Foster III in the same vehicle and discovered Foster to have a stab wound to the lower body.

Both victims were transported to the University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center for treatment of their injuries. Clements was transferred to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center for further treatment, where he remains, according to the release. Foster has been released.

Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call Detective Kramer at 410-409-3546. Those who wish to remain anonymous may report their information through the tip line at www.p3tips.com.