Crime & Safety
No Bail for Man Charged with Shooting at NSA, Movie Theater
A former correctional officer charged with attempted murder as a suspect in several cases of random shots fired will remain in jail.
Bail was denied Monday for a former Maryland correctional officer who says he heard voices before a series of shots fired incidents around the Baltimore-Washington region, including the National Security Agency.
Hong Young, 35, of Beltsville, was taken into custody March 3 outside Arundel Mills mall during a traffic stop in which officers saw a bullet casing and handgun in his Lincoln Town Car, which matched the description of the suspect vehicle involved in a Feb. 24 shots fired call off Arundel Mills Boulevard, according to police.
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Young told police he had been at the Maryland Live! casino before the traffic stop, charging documents show.
Through ballistics testing and interviews since Young’s arrest, officials say they have have linked him to five shots fired calls: on the Intercounty Connector, near the Arundel Mills PetSmart, by the NSA, outside the AMC Columbia theater and outside the Laurel Walmart.
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According to charging documents, Young admitted to his involvement in all five shootings and said he “was hearing voices, which made him shoot...” at a driver on Feb. 24 near the PetSmart by Arundel Mills.
Police said Young is being held at the Jennifer Road detention center in Annapolis. He appeared via video Monday in Anne Arundel County District Court.
State’s Attorney Wes Adams told the judge Young is a flight risk because police found a backpack at his home with a passport, toilet paper and energy bars, reports WTOP.
Young’s wife, Bunnary Ngo, told an Associated Press reporter that Young would frequently talk to himself and would stay away for days at a time.
“He acted like he was crazy,” Ngo told the AP. “He was talking to himself and sometimes he would stay outside the house for days.”
Ngo says she has filed for divorce and moved to California.
»PHOTO: Shooting suspect Hong Young, courtesy of the Anne Arundel County Police Department.
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