Victims Identified In 3 Weekend Shootings In Columbia: Police

HOWARD COUNTY, MD — The victims in three shootings that took place in Columbia this past weekend have been identified. The Howard County Police Department is working to determine if there are any links between the three shootings.

The victims in Saturday’s nonfatal double shooting have been identified as Sherod Madison Hogue, 26, of Columbia, who is currently listed in critical condition at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, and Gregory Peck McGraw, 31, of Baltimore, who was also treated at Shock Trauma and has since been released. Officers were called to the 5600 block of Cedar Lane at approximately 8:29 p.m. Oct. 3 for a report that two people had been shot outside, namely Hogue and McGraw.

The victim in Sunday afternoon’s fatal shooting has been identified as Juan Michael Ross, 23, of Jessup. Officers were called to the 9600 block of Basket Ring Road at approximately 2:37 p.m. Oct. 4 for a report that a subject had been shot outside a residence. Ross was pronounced dead at the scene. Detectives are looking into the possibility this shooting may have been drug related and trying to determine whether the involved parties knew each another. The investigation is ongoing.

Police also are investigating a third shooting that occurred overnight. Officers were called to the 7500 block of Monarch Mills at 1:35 a.m. Oct. 5 for several reports of gunshots. As they were searching the area, police learned a victim with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to his leg had been driven to Howard County General Hospital by a friend. Deandre Cummings, 24, of Columbia, has since been treated and released from the hospital. Detectives are looking into the possibility this shooting may have been drug related, too, and working to determine if the involved parties were known to one another.

Anyone with information in any of the three incidents are asked to contact police at 410-313-STOP or HCPDcrimetips@howardcountymd.gov. Those who call or email may remain anonymous.