Silver Spring Man Accused of Killing 3 at Bowie Restaurant

SILVER SPRING, MD — A Silver Spring man shot himself twice as police closed in on him following a triple shooting at a Bowie restaurant that killed all three victims, authorities said. The suspected shooter is 40-year-old Karlief Moye, who is in an area hospital being treated for self-inflicted gunshot wounds.

Prince George's County Police were called to a shooting at the Blue Sunday Bar & Grill in the 6800 block of Race Track Road in Bowie about 2:15 a.m. Sunday. Officers found three victims suffering from gunshot wounds, with two of them declared dead at the scene and a third victim dying later from his injuries, according to a report from the Prince George's County Police Department.

Monday morning police identified the victims of the shooting as Sherwood Morgan, 46, of Lake Arbor Way in Mitchellville, Jin Chen, 27, of Dove Circle in Laurel, and Xue Zou, 28, of Doves Fly Way in Laurel.

Moye reportedly worked at the restaurant as a bartender, reports WJLA, and may have posted about a disagreement on Facebook a week before the shootings. He wrote ""Say word? "All the free advise I gave you and you want to hit me with a fee for consultation. This is what the world is coming too?"

Neighbors told the TV station Moye is friendly, and lives with a relative and her teenage daughter. He was known for fixing-up cars and shoveling the sidewalk in front of an elderly couple's home, a neighbor said.

Restaurant employees have said that Morgan was a manager at the restaurant, which just opened in recent weeks.

Police identified Moye as the suspect, and as they were searching the area around his home in Silver Spring, "they observed him running into a wooded area of the Northwest Branch Park," the police report says. Authorities say he shot himself twice.

All of the victims and the suspect were employees at the restaurant. Police think the shooting stemmed from a dispute between the employees.

Police ask anyone with information on the case to call 301-772-4925 or Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-TIPS.