3 Dead in Cromwood Road Murder-Suicide: Police

Officials say they are investigating a murder-suicide in Baltimore County Friday evening that left three people dead.

At 4:40 p.m., police responded to a home in the 1800 block of Cromwood Road to check on a person, according to a report from the Baltimore County Police Department.

When officers arrived at the residence, they found three people deceased, all of whom lived at the home, according to police.

They were identified as Gilbert Mendoza, 50; Vedrana Mendoza, 40; and Molly Mendoza, 15, police reported.

Vedrana Mendoza’s employer had contacted police and asked officers to check on her when she did not show up for work, according to the report.

Police said that a knife and gun were used in the killings. The gun as registered to someone in the home, according to officials.

There was no danger to the community, and the homicide unit was investigating the incident as a murder-suicide, police said.

Anyone with information may contact police at 410-307-2020.

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